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>>>>> martell@ucs.ubc.ca (Jonn Martell) writes:

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>>> In article <1991Jun20.092801.31571@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 1h1a0m@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>> Why should the drive be low level formatted every 6 months?
>>
>> Doug 
>
>Perhaps to freshen up the track info which, unlike when writing a new file
>to disk, is not written over old track info.  I suppose the read/write heads
>become misaligned with time, just a like a car goes out of tune.  Doing a
>low level format sets everything back to zero, as if you had bought a new HD.
>
>Tony
>
>>> True, but beginners should use a safe low-level "refresher" such as the ones
>>> provided by NU 5.0/6.0 and PC Tools 7.0.
>>> Not all HDs can be low-level formatted and improperly low-level formatting the
>>> wrong type of HD with the wrong type of utility can seriously damage it.

In particular, most of the refreshers won't work properly with SCSI
drives. You'll have to do a real LL Format.
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        -- jwh