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- From: bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: low level format
- Message-ID: <6-kn4n+.bob@netcom.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 05:05:26 GMT
- References: <67405@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1992Sep2.004228.29293@rei.com>
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- In article <1992Sep2.004228.29293@rei.com> fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
- >gt6502a@prism.gatech.EDU (gt6502a BLAKE,JASON) writes:
- >
- >> Does anyone out there know if it is possible to obtain previous data
- >>from an IDE hard drive that has been low level formatted?
- >
- >You can't low-level format an IDE drive.
- >
- You can indeed low level format an IDE drive.
- You should *NEVER NEVER NEVER* do it, but it can be done.
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