what is quick formatting?
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hey guys, quick question, in the volume creation wizard there is an option for "quick formatting" what is "quick formatting"? and what does it do? is there a contrasting "long formatting" if so, what is the difference between the two? thanks.
By default, VeraCrypt will fill all content of the volume that is created with random bytes (this is done for security reasons). This can make the creation of large volumes a very lengthy operations.
The option "Quick Format" instructs VeraCrypt not to do this and so VeraCrypt will not overwrite the free space of the newly created volume. In the case of a disk or partition, this means that previous content of the disk sectors will be visible to an attacker which maybe a problem if previously there were sensitive data stored on the disk without encryption.