Low level format ruined my drive .....

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From: Course user 14
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 1991 17:45

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Well...I performed a low-level format on a 'Shinwa D220' 32M hard drive 
and subsequently it has hard errors on the first 20 or so cylinders. The
drive had been in use for some time and never given any trouble until I 
got my greasy mits on it.

Has this happened to anyone other than myself ?  Is it possible to find a
way of making the drive useable ? I don't like throwing things away unless
their DEAD.

p.s. The drive came in an OPUS PV5 and has since been replaced with a Seagate
unit, the controller is a Western Digital WD 1003-RA2 
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