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- From: mcdorman@bnr.ca (Doug McDorman)
- Subject: Re: WANTED: Low-level disk formatter
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- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:18:04 GMT
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- Norm MacNeil (norm@bnr.ca) wrote:
- : the "FORMAT" command doesn't do this. So the question is, where do I get a
- : low-level hard disk formatter?
-
- The low level format routine is often available on the controller
- card for the hard disk, I can't remember the sequence to get to it
- but it is usually pretty standard for most MFM or RLL drives.
- Zenith DOS often comes with a low level format routine of it's own.
-
- *** WARNING *** As far as I know you should never low level format
- an IDE drive, probably the only exception is if you have a program
- to do from the manufacturer for that specific model.
- If you do low level format an IDE drive you will likely have to send
- it back to the manufacturer to have a proper low level format done.
-
- /Doug
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