Formtting Hard Drive Myths part 2

Formatting the hard drive will not deposit any layer of “any material” on the platter. The heads of the hard disk do not touch the platter so it is impossible for them leave anything on the surface of the platter.

Additionally, the hard disk is constructed in a sealed environment inside a clean room conditions. There is very a tiny little amount of dust inside the hard disk. Since there is dust formatting doesn’t really put anything on the platter. Platters are continuously spinning, done in a serial order, anything would not be able to itself on the platter to create bad sector.

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