Subject: bug#19437: closed (Re: bug#19437: Enhancement/feature request: Undo quick format)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:11:03 +0000

Your bug report

#19437: Enhancement/feature request: Undo quick format

which was filed against the parted package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#19437: Enhancement/feature request: Undo quick format
From: Phillip Susi <[email-masked]>
To: Kẏra <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:10:17 -0500
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On 12/24/2014 10:02 PM, Kẏra wrote:
> Since quick formatting a disk doesn't actually wipe the data on a
> disk, and only overwrites a small part of it, it should be possible
> to have an option to back up the portion that will be overwritten.
> That portion, although small, can be detrimental to filesystem
> recovery and a small backup of it with an undo-option could rescue
> a lot of mistakes.

This doesn't have anything to do with parted since it does not handle
formatting filesystems.

Subject: Enhancement/feature request: Undo quick format
From: Kẏra <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:02:09 -0500
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Since quick formatting a disk doesn't actually wipe the data on a disk, and
only overwrites a small part of it, it should be possible to have an option
to back up the portion that will be overwritten. That portion, although
small, can be detrimental to filesystem recovery and a small backup of it
with an undo-option could rescue a lot of mistakes.

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