RE: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-14 Thread Mike Barton
@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive > > > I need to Low Format a hard drive - I have a drive that has at some stage > > Some BIOSes lets you do this. > > But you shouldn't ever low level format a hard drive. It isn't necessary > a

Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-14 Thread shaul
If you really must do low level formating and the disk is WD then there used to be an appropriate tool (wd_diag.exe) on their www pages. This tool will also tell you if low level formating might help. > On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Patrik Magnusson wrote: > > > > I need to Low Format a hard drive - I h

Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-13 Thread Alvin Oga
hi > Now, how would I LOW FORMAT a floppy disk??? fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 or stick the floppy into a dos machine ( not winXX ) have fun alvin

Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-13 Thread Ian Zimmerman
> "Guilherme" == Guilherme Soares Zahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Guilherme> Now, how would I LOW FORMAT a floppy disk??? superformat -- Ian Zimmerman Lightbinders, Inc. 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107

Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-13 Thread Richard E. Hawkins
thanks, I'll give this a try. I'd sure like to avoid buying the disk if possible. Rick --

Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-13 Thread Simon Martin
pulled through - Original Message - From: Richard E. Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Guilherme Soares Zahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: 13 September 1999 14:18 Subject: Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive > > Guilherme grunted, > > > > But you shouldn&

Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-13 Thread Richard E. Hawkins
Guilherme grunted, > > But you shouldn't ever low level format a hard drive. It isn't necessary > > any more since the 80's. > More that that, it's REALLY dangerous to do so in new IDE drives (something > to do > with geometry parameters, if I'm not mistaken)... I have an old one I'd like to

Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-13 Thread Guilherme Soares Zahn
> > > I need to Low Format a hard drive - I have a drive that has at some stage > > Some BIOSes lets you do this. > > But you shouldn't ever low level format a hard drive. It isn't necessary > any more since the 80's. More that that, it's REALLY dangerous to do so in new IDE drives (something to

Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-11 Thread William T Wilson
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Patrik Magnusson wrote: > > I need to Low Format a hard drive - I have a drive that has at some stage > Some BIOSes lets you do this. But you shouldn't ever low level format a hard drive. It isn't necessary any more since the 80's. If you have a drive (ESPECIALLY an IDE dri

Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-11 Thread Patrik Magnusson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Derek Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need to Low Format a hard drive - I have a drive that has at some stage Some BIOSes lets you do this. /Patrik