On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, Samael wrote: > windows xp is horrible to install on a large hard drive (unless you quick > format). Just because most Linux distributions default to a quick-format doesn't make Linux in general faster. When I get a new drive, or even more so when I'm repurposing a fairly OLD drive, I tell mkfs to actually check for bad blocks. And let me tell you, that takes FOREVER. -Yaron --