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Article #512Re: Low Level Format of IDE - bad idea?
From: J S W Chan
Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 00:00
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In the referenced article, jxwang@uoguelph.ca (Jian-xiong Wang) writes: >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. Two things: 1> I've heard that a lot of IDE drives ignore any Low Level Format signal. Sorry, but the technicalities are beyond me, can someone give more details? 2> If the HD has crashed, and a sector is bad, possibly because the head hit it, and it's scratched, then will a low level format be able to recover it, and magically make it usable??
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