Hello Ken, ditto, Low level formats are not performed on modern IDE drives. Only the manafacturer can do this using specilized eqipment. What is now known as a low level format is simply over writing the data on the disk that to if you use destructive testing.
i normally keep "low level" formats for virus infected disks where even the mbr / first sector is infected. obviously this was during my high flying windblows days :o) Thank You, Regards, mario Ken Thompson wrote: > > On Monday 04 February 2002 07:36 am, you wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It's generally not a good idea to use the low level formatting feature of > > some system board bioses. You might lose the factory skew settings put on > > your disk at the factory when they did the factory low level format. The > > system board bioses I have seen do not call the proprietary factory format > > routines on the hard disk; at least not the ones that I have seen. And > > I've seen a few. > > > > Sesame Galeo recommended a debug routine. If that works, it's the best > > way, because that command sequence is routing you to the hard drive's > > formatting routine in it's firmware. > > I don't think debug will work with the IDE or ATAPI drives, will it? > As far as I remember, the format stuff for debug was designed for MFM and RLL > drives usually found in 286 or older systems.. > I could be way off base here as I haven't used that command for nearly 8 > years <G>.... > The absolute best way is to use the utility from the mfgr because it is > designed to work with the proper size and series of drive you have. > > > If however your drive does not respond with that, you really should get a > > low level factory format program from the manufacturer. That way you won't > > mess your drive up. > > > > On Sunday 03 February 2002 19:21, you wrote: > > > Hi List, > > > > > > I've got an old Maxtor drive that has some issues and I think it may be > > > in need of a low-level format. Is there a utility that anyone could > > > suggest that would help me accomplish this and bring the disk back from > > > the brink? > > > > > > thanks, > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > > Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos > Payette, Idaho > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.nwaa.com > Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. > > Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You > Registered Linux User #183936 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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