Re: Help WD1002: Save my reputation

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From: Michael Salem
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 1994 14:28

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Peter Hayward asks about low-level formatting XT/WD1002/ST225 (20MB MFM)

In many cases you can run a program on the controller to do a low-level
format. I think the address is always either C800:5 or C800:6. I don't
remember the DEBUG format; just look up how to run a program at this
address. G=C800:5 maybe? G,C800:5? I have to look it up every time!

There are programs which will format low-level format HDs; OnTrack's Disk
Manager and Spinrite II are examples. Spinrite will re-low-level-format a
hard disc without losing data; very useful for discs which are going out of
alignement, or have recoverable bad sectors.

HTH
--
Michael Salem

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