I think you are entirely correct. But AFIK the /U
and /Q only apply to
formatting floppy disks. However I could be wrong about that.
I've used /Q when formatting hard drives as well. I think it does pretty
much the same thing as when formatting a floppy with /Q, it just zaps the
FAT and goes under the assumption that the drive format itself is good.
-chris
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