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by djrogers 1790 days ago
Yes, 15 minutes is not 'quick' by most standards - quick formats take seconds, not minutes.
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up to ~15 minutes is not the time it takes to quick format, its the number Iv seen during testing of TRIM, the time it took to internally erase translation table after format command.

There should be NO DATA on the drive if it was really formatted on OS supporting TRIM.