Clean vs Clean all in diskpart..

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csync28

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I just wanted to delete the mbr and repartition the hdd, thats why I want to use diskpart to do this?
So which one to choose I know that "clean all" writes zero to entire drive but it takes too much time. then what does the "clean" command do? IS it same as the manually deleting all the drives and re-partitioning or it writes zero to a little space on the drive?
I searched a lot about clean and clean all command. I understand what clean all do to the drive but don't understand what clean command do.. So I came to this place to ask it my way..
 
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Hawkeye22
You simply need clean.


clean

Removes any and all partition or volume formatting from the disk with focus. On master boot record (MBR) disks, only the MBR partitioning information and hidden sector information are overwritten. On GUID partition table (GPT) disks, the GPT partitioning information, including the Protective MBR, is overwritten; there is no hidden sector information.

all

Specifies that each and every sector on the disk is zeroed, which completely deletes all data contained on the disk.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
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You simply need clean.


clean

Removes any and all partition or volume formatting from the disk with focus. On master boot record (MBR) disks, only the MBR partitioning information and hidden sector information are overwritten. On GUID partition table (GPT) disks, the GPT partitioning information, including the Protective MBR, is overwritten; there is no hidden sector information.

all

Specifies that each and every sector on the disk is zeroed, which completely deletes all data contained on the disk.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
 
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