I have a low-level formatter that is manufacturer independent.... I still LL drives on occasion but only as a last resort... Ron -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dexter Graphic Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EUG-LUG:20] RE: Q: Help with a hard drive > Usually, after an hour or so of pain and agony, I simply low-level format > the hard drive and then re-fdisk it using the Windblows fdisk so set up my > Windblows partition only and re-format and install... > > If you don't have a low-level formatter, send me an e-mail at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will send you a copy of the one I have. > > Good luck, > Ron I thought low level formatting wasn't necessary any more with modern IDE hard drives? I remember that we used to have to run a DEBUG script to do that back in the olden days (1980's). Wouldn't the low level formatter be drive and manufacturer dependent? Dexter
