Subj : Re: Hard Drive Format
To   : IRONMAN
From : Weatherman
Date : Mon Jun 15 2020 00:54:00

-=> IRONMAN wrote to All <=-

 IR> @MSGID: <5EE2FCBB.16674.dove-hlp@vert.synchro.net>
 IR> Does anyone know how to do a low level format on a hard drive?
 IR> I'm not sure what a low level is..

 IR> Thanks.
 IR> Kent
 IR> ---

If you don't know what a low level format is, then you don't need to do a low
level format.  Aside from that, a low level format hasn't been required on a
hard drive since the IDE standard emerged.  It was typically done as the first
step in initializing MFM and RLL drives (among other types, but those were the
most popular PC drives at the time) by laying down the physical tracks and
sectors on the drive.  Regardless, if you don't know what you're doing, you'll
thoroughly destroy a drive if you attempt to do a low level format and screw it
up.

								Regards,
							  -==*>Weatherman<*==-

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