>> A real low level format involves laying down completely new timing >> tracks and such, and will destroy all data unless you're willing to >> open the drive in a cleanroom and look at residual magnetization >> patterns and the like. > There is approximately *zero* actual real-world evidence of the "read > the residuals" actually working on any disk drive less than 15 years > or so old.
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