Deryk Barker wrote: > > Thus spake James ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Deryk, > > If this drive has been used for a while maybe a low level format will > > bring it back. > > It's about 2.5 years old. > > So what should I LL format it with? BIOS? It's been a very long time > since I needed to do this; indeed, at one time low-level formatting > IDE drives was verboten.
Depends on the manufacture of the ide drive. Maxtor, IBM and WD all have utilities to check and do a low level format of their disk available on their web site for download. Needless to say you can not use another manufacture's utilities to LL format a drive from another manufacture. -- Sword'sEdge VoiceMail/Fax: (858) 860-6406 x1587
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