On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 22:23:37 +0200, Michal H. Tyc wrote: > Hello Kali, hello Glenn,
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 11:24:59 +0900, Kali Mclaughlin wrote: >> I am completely confused about formatting and fdisking. There is a "low >> level format" thing as well that my Pentium wont do, but the good old >> 386 will. > Low-level formatting means putting track and sector address marks > on the magnetic surface of the disk. This is needed only for floppies > and old non-IDE (i.e., without integrated controller) hard disks > that were used in XT machines; please do not confuse true HD controller > cards with their own BIOS and dedicated cables with the ISA, VLB or PCI > host adapters (unfortunately, often also called `controllers') with > just a standard 40-pin IDE connector(s). > Low-level formatting of an IDE hard disk is done by its manufacturer > and normally shouldn't be performed by the user. It's very unlikely > that it can do anything good and may be even harmful (IDE disks have > their internal bad sector maps and other tables, which are not visible > at DOS or BIOS level, and you can destroy them by low-level format; > at least I have a book that says so). I did a low level format on a HD and it is unusable ever since :-((((( CU, Bastiaan <SNIP> ************************* Technische Redactie CQ-PA Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ ************************* Attentie: e-mail adres bij Wanadoo niet meer gebruiken! [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.hetnet.nl/~ba8tian/index.html -- Virusvrij e-mailen? => Arachne browser/mailer -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
