09/18/03 Low-level formatting:
1) Go to the drive manufacturer's website and get the toolset for your drive. The low-level formatting utility should be in the toolset. 2) Run all the other diagnostics on the toolset first before doing the low-level format. If it turns out you need to return the drive to the manufacturer, the returns department will be asking you for the diagnostic results before they give you a Return Merchandise Authorization. 3) low-level format the drive. 4) Do NOT use the Windows NT 4.0 setup disk to partition and format the drive. MS-Dos 5.0 or 6.2 is safe to use if you want to dual-boot the system with Windows and Linux. Or as was said before, DiskDrake or proabably any other Linux tool is fine to use. They seem to be more robust and safer than Microsoft supplied 'fdisk'. All the Best, "The Other" Stephen Stubbs Champaign, IL USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Xuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 9:43 PM Subject: [newbie] how to low level format a hard disk? > I know it's dangerous. But I do need it now. How to? > Thanks.
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