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Re: Low Level Format of IDE - bad idea?

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From: Jian-xiong Wang
Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 00:00

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I think that 'never' is not a proper word. I did low level formating and 
had no problem. Some times the HD crashes somehow and the utility, say 
'Norton', shows lots of bad sectors, you'v got to low level format it.

Ask first, then do it with caution.

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Date: 1995/05/11
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