Formatting doesn't actually really write data.
No but it removes the restrictions so you can then do whatever you want with the newly marked as empty space without administrator?
The problem here was more about recoverable files. Even with a completely missing File Allocation Table, you can tell where certain files begin and end because of file format characteristics.
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Formatting doesn't actually really write data.