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Article #3213Re: Looking a faster low-level format software
From: Ron Dippold
Date: Wed, 22 May 1991 18:02
Date: Wed, 22 May 1991 18:02
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In article <1991May21.152036.9366@midway.uchicago.edu> valley@gsbsun.uchicago.edu (Doug Dougherty) writes: >G22QC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes: >> I've tried SpinRite II to low-level format my hard disk, but I >>don't like it because it takes too much time (38 hrs. for a 42MB > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (WOW!) >>hard disk). Can anyone name me a or a few faster low-level format >>software? I know that those software will still take a lot of >>time. Thanks in advance. > >Assuming that's not a misprint, it works out to about an hour per >megabyte. That's just crazy. There must be something wrong somewhere. It sounds like he was running it through maximum depth testing, which puts each sector through an incredible amount of tests and takes forever. If you do minimum testing it whips right through it. SpinRite really wasn't made to be your primary low-level formatter but rather a maintenance tool. -- Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks. | Ron Dippold
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!ucsd!qualcom.qualcomm.com!cancun.qualcomm.com!rdippold From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Looking a faster low-level format software Message-ID: <1991May22.180245.4307@qualcomm.com> Date: 22 May 91 18:02:45 GMT References: <91141.003017G22QC@CUNYVM.BITNET> <1991May21.152036.9366@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Lines: 19 Nntp-Posting-Host: cancun.qualcomm.com