Windows 10: Cipher vs Format on non-system disks

No question, just raising a subject to see whether I am right or wrong...


cipher /W:X
versus
format X: /fs:NTFS /p:2

cipher takes quite a long time, even for a small disk.
(as a test: cipher took about 40 minutes for a 5GB HDD-partition)

for non-system disks (like backups) :
temporarily copy all folders and files to another drive
run above Format-cmd (admin)
and restore the folders and files

will probably a much faster way.
drawback: one may not have sufficient free space to move/copy hundreds of GB (or even a few TBs)...

:)

 

formatting a disk

all of a sudden when a put a blank disc in to download info from my computer it wont work, says enter a formatted disk or u need to format the disk, but there is nothing for me to enter to format, just cannot get in to format, before I just placed a disk,
went to dvd drive and clicked the format I wanted to use now cannot get to info box to format, have tried several different new disks, have clean dvd player, anybody any help, cannot get any info online,

 

Correct Format for USB Stick | FAT32? | NTFS? | Some Other Format?

So, that appears to indicate that Macrium doesn't care about the format... as long as the file system can be "seen" by your system.

I'd suggest exFAT...
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3109559/hardware/why-your-usb-drives-file-format-matters-fat32-vs-exfat-vs-ntfs.html