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Article #518Re: Low Level Format of IDE - bad idea?
From: Rhia
Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 00:00
Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 00:00
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In article <3pgfa4$hhj@beta.inc.net> obrien@it.uwp.edu (James Obrien) writes: > Low level format of an ide drive is the best possible way to invest in a > new drive. Low level formatting an ide drive through you bios will erase > the drive's physical geometry by overwriting it with the logical geometry > the bios uses to translate it. You may get the drive to work temporarily > (seldom happens) but it will most likely not work at all. It also erases the sector defect table, so even if you did reconstruct the addressing, you'd have a drive with unknown bad sectors and no way to mark them as non-useable until after disaster hit. It'd be like driving down a dirt road in the dark with no headlights on. You find the holes by falling into them. Rhia
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