Dear Civilme,
Thank you for the information. I have the Award Bios. How exactly do I do
a low-level format? Thanks for the help.
Sincerely, Marcia
On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 20:07:25 +0000 civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> On Monday 23 July 2001 19:30, Marcia L Waller wrote:
> > Dear ALL,
> > Thank you for the advice. I wonder about the possibility of
> correcting
> > this hard drive problem. Oddly I can get my Northon Utilities 5.00
> CD up
> > and I am viewing things but I do not how to use Disk Editor. I am
> > browsing with it but there do not seem to be extensive directions
> on how
> > to use it. Is there anyway that I can reformat my disk either with
> Norton
> > or using the HDD low level format in the BIOS? I have a feeling
> this hard
> > drive is not dead but could have been hit with a virus? Strange
> > characters show up with the boot up messages for hdb drive. I do
> not care
> > about saving files at this point. I just want to be able to use my
> > computer again and do a fresh install of LM8 again. Any advice
> will be
> > greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sincerely, Marcia
>
>
> Low-level format will either fix the drive or break it totally. But
> if you
> have no retrievable data on it, it might extend the life of the
> drive by a
> little whiile while you start saving for a new drive.
>
> Civileme
>
>
