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32lim@gw.wmich.edu (Chris) writes:

>I was just wondering:
>	Is it possible to LOW LEVEL format a Floppy Disk?
>	I remember a program somewhere that cliamed to do it.
>	How does one TOTALLY blank (ie: unformat) a F.Disk?

ANY program that formats a floppy disk should do a low level format of the
disk. The normal DOS FORMAT command certainly does, although Norton's Safe
format, QUICK FORMAT choice probably doesn't (from memory it just rewrites 
the Boot Block, FAT and Root Directory (ie: the HIGH LEVEL FORMAT stuff).

All a Low Level format does is write the Sector / Cluster headers onto the disk
without these, the disk will be unreadable (to most/all operating systems). So
before you use a floppy you MUST Low Level Format it (just use DOS's FORMAT)

As to how to Totally blank (ie: unformat) a F. Disk ???????

BLANKING a disk can be achieved by FORMAT a: or b: as reqd.
HOWEVER, once a Floppy has been formatted (except by Safe Format or the likes)
it can NOT EVER be unformatted as ALL data on the disk is GONE for GOOD !!!

Hope this helps.....



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