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Article #6984Re: format is brain dead
From: Adam Hill
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1990 09:34
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1990 09:34
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In article <1990Nov24.174524.20659@gtisqr.uucp> rick@gtisqr.uucp (Hendrik Groeneveld) writes:
>
>I just got a Maxtor XT-8760S hard disk and ran into one small
>problem, format won't format. All I can get format to do is
>tell me that there is not enough memory. Why can't I format
>this drive? What is wrong with format? Anybody at Commodore
>care to comment? Am I stuck with a 675MB paper weight? Somebody
>please help!
>
>--
>Rick Groeneveld UUCP: {smart-host}!gtisqr!rick
Use "FORMAT .... quick". Then find a way to map out bad sectors. A
developer here in Texas has the same prob with a 1.2G drive. I assumed he
eventually found a way to map out the bad sectors..
He did tell me two good things:
Don't EVER use media that has not been mapped.
Don't EVER fill a CBM hd >95% full.. Why? He did not go in depth.
Have fun with MASS storage.... :-)
--
adam hill
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!evax!hill From: hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: format is brain dead Message-ID: <1990Nov25.093445.10710@evax.arl.utexas.edu> Date: 25 Nov 90 09:34:45 GMT References: <1990Nov24.174524.20659@gtisqr.uucp> Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington Lines: 38