Re: WANTED: Low-level disk formatter

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From: Doug McDorman
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 15:18

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Norm MacNeil (norm@bnr.ca) wrote:
: the "FORMAT" command doesn't do this.  So the question is, where do I get a
: low-level hard disk formatter?

  The low level format routine is often available on the controller
card for the hard disk, I can't remember the sequence to get to it
but it is usually pretty standard for most MFM or RLL drives.
  Zenith DOS often comes with a low level format routine of it's own.

*** WARNING *** As far as I know you should never low level format
an IDE drive, probably the only exception is if you have a program
to do from the manufacturer for that specific model.
  If you do low level format an IDE drive you will likely have to send
it back to the manufacturer to have a proper low level format done.

/Doug

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