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Markvm
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Full factory restore

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‎06-25-2011 03:28 AM - edited ‎06-25-2011 03:31 AM

Hi all,

 

Why does a full factory restore takes approx. 18 hours? What does this process exactly do? I had my new 3 TB MBL only filled with 5 GB, and the full factory restore takes ages. Is a full factory restore bad/harmful for your MBL? Just wondering  :smileyhappy:

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Myron
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Re: Full factory restore

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‎06-25-2011 11:29 AM - edited ‎06-25-2011 11:29 AM

A full factory restore just takes time to complete. It's not harmful to the MBL.

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Gingernut
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Re: Full factory restore

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‎06-25-2011 12:25 PM

A low level format of the drive/used sectors and factory default config restore.

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