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- From: sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Hanna)
- Subject: Re: A1200 HD question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.230502.14076@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1993Jan10.171708.8502@medsys.rn.com> <1993Jan11.162726.15119@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <1993Jan11.172311.12759@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 23:05:02 GMT
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- >drives many times on PC/AT's. There isn't anything magical about IDE :)
- >I've used adaptec MFM-IDE boards on older HD's so there isn't anything
- >"special" about the media (I.E. hard sectoring). As a matter of fact the
- >only time you wouldn't need to low level format a drive, would be if it
- >were hard sectored.
- >
- >Are the Maxtor 2085 80 meg drives hard sectored?
- >
- Well, I opened up my computer and looked at the drive (Seagate 50meg). There is
- a label right on it that says "DO NOT LOW LEVEL FORMAT THIS DRIVE". I opened my
- IBM at work (120meg Western Digital). Right on it was a label that read
- "DO NOT LOW LEVEL FORMAT THIS DRIVE."
-
- I am reading from my Dataflyer IDE manual (page 8, middle of the last paragraph)
- "The IDE does not require a low level format. As a result, the Prep program
- does not present this options if you have chosen an IDE type of drive to
- format."
-
- Maybe I am a special case, but I bet that these rules apply to everyone.
-
- Jeff Hanna
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