Subj : Re: Hard Drive Format
To   : MRO
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Jun 13 2020 07:27:00

-=> MRO wrote to Moondog <=-

 MR> in the 90s i had a computer with problems. probably multiple problems.
 MR> anyways, a hd got bad sectors marked on it and i knew they werent bad.

 MR> i did a low level format to 'fix' the drive.

 MFM drives. Low-level formatting to fix sector drift when the seasons
 changed - I had a drive that would drift in the winter time. Endless
 Spinrite runs trying to get the right interleave...

 Don't miss that part of those days at all.



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