No I've always use the floppy that comes with the HD. I have them from all manufacturers saved, and they are their older versions that don't have that dlg.exe garbage (like western digital does) and that "DiskGo" trash that some now use. I've found that to be very problematic. (Long story). I usually use IBM HD's for PC's and they have nice format utility. So no, I don't normally use that method, I find it takes a long time compared to a few seconds by using the manufacturer's format utility (old ones that is). :-) -Clint
God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Clint, I'm glad it's turned out OK. One comment, I always run the command "fdisk /mbr" twice per these suggestions, http://www.24hrsupport.org/fdisk.html . Technically, it's an unsupported command. I'm just curious if that's your procedure as well? That's how I learned to do formats and installs. And I always write-protect startup floppies. <shrug> On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 07:45:06 -0500, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Greg, Peter & Ed, thanks for the replies, especially for the >LLF. I did a LLF and that worked. I ran the WD LLF utility >and 'wrote zeros to the drive', formatted using the win98 CD, >installed windows AGAIN, scandisk and defrag worked fine. I >also ran chkdsk again this time is WAS @ 16k clusters. >Evidently the folks at WD didn't LLF this drive correctly the >first time. (original problems this fixed are below in case >anyone else ever has this problem). >Thanks guys, :-) >-Clint ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
