Re: How to low level format a hard drive?

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From: Mike Berger
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:57

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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
*----
Isn't that a SCSI drive?  First, you probably can't use standard
DOS functions to do anything with it.  Secondly, low-level 
formatting SCSI disks is usually not a good idea, and rarely
helpful.  Start with the diagnostics that came with your
SCSI controller.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu

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