some time back i came across this utility from seagate called "sgatfmt4" it is a dos based program but it could work with any disk, provided you entered some details of the hdd like no of cylinders etc.
mario Mark Weaver wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Sesame Galeo wrote: > > >At 19:21 2002-02-03 -0500, you wrote: > >>Hi List, > >> > >>I've got an old Maxtor drive that has some issues and I think it may be in > >>need of a low-level format. Is there a utility that anyone could suggest > >>that would help me accomplish this and bring the disk back from the brink? > > > >Hi ! > > > >If your drive is an IDE drive, low level formatting will harm some > >essential info written on the disk but, a risk being a risk, the vendor may > >have some program to help you. There was a program call ONTRACK that may be > >of some help if you can find a version that can read your HD. > > > > From old days for old drives, > > > >You may try an MS-DOS program call debug with the following instruction : > > > > > >start debug > >at the prompt, type > >g:C800:5 > > > >CORRECTION, IT SHOULD BE > > > >g=c800:5 > > > >sorry ! > > > >this should bring up a program with all the utilities to low level format > >menu including interleaves settings. > > > >Have fun ! > > > >Richard > > Hi Richard, > > Thanks for the info. Its quite helpful. Now to the task of fixing this > drive. > > daRcmaTTeR > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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