On Tuesday 18 October 2005 17:42, maxim wexler wrote:
[...]
>Is there a
> way to do a low-level format of part of a drive while
> leaving the rest intact?

It is a contradiction in terms, partitioning is not low-level.

Use partimage to save the partition to preserve and check/format the 
disk with provided utility.

Ciao
        Francesco
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