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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: How can I low-level format IDE drive ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.175803.3127@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Nov3.192024.26789@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1992Nov4.034857.10447@iitmax.iit.edu> <1992Nov4.224927.10000@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1d9secINNna0@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 17:58:03 GMT
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- In <1d9secINNna0@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov4.224927.10000@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- >>Do not do low level formats on IDE drives unless you are prepared to
- >>throw the drive away and buy another one.
-
- >Ach cut it out already! IDE drives are tricky to format. If you don't
- >know what you're doing, and you don't have all the parms, don't try it.
- >But don't start by thinking it's going to destroy the drive. For all of
- >you people out there who have "destroyed" your IDE drives and are ready
- >to throw them away, feel free to mail them to me; I'll have them working
- >in an hour or so.
-
- Uh, pardon me, but read that sentence you quote again. I didn't say
- it WOULD -- I said be prepared for it to, because it MAY. And given
- that the operation is totally unnecessary, why run the risk?
-
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