Subj : Re: Hard Drive Format
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Moondog
Date : Sat Jun 13 2020 13:31:00

  Re: Re: Hard Drive Format
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to MRO on Sat Jun 13 2020 07:27 am

 > -=> 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.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... Use an old idea

I recall when floppy drives head alignment would be one extreme, and the floppy
was previously formatted to the other extreme.  Stacking of tolerences made
sharing floppies a pain.

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