Re: How to low level format a hard drive?

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From: David Steinman
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 04:19

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ron@vicorp.com (Ron Peterson) writes:

>Would someone please tell me how to do a low level format on a
>harddrive under DOS3.3?  The machine is some sort of 486 I think 
>(no labels!) which we normally run Unix on but which can be booted 
>as a DOS machine (which no one here knows anything about.)  
>The drive is a Quantum 105S.  I think the drive is trashed but
>want to try a low level format to be sure.
>ron@vicorp.com or uunet!vicorp!ron

Try running DOS's debug utility.  At the '-' prompt, type 'g=c800:5'.  This
should start up the low-level format.
--
Dave!

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