----- Original Message ----- From: "Jud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dmitry Ternovoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 8:50 PM Subject: Re: Hard Drive Low Level Format (was No Subject)
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:50:06 +0200 (EET), Dmitry Ternovoy > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > it is IDE. As it all the same to make? (Disk low level format or other > > format) > > Jerry McAllister is right: You want to back up your critical data > *now*. OK, who is the manufacturer? The reason I ask is to find > the manufacturer's diagnostic and low level formatting utilities on the > Web - or you can do this yourself. I am no hard disk guru, but last thing I remember is that a low-level format on an IDE disk is a sure way to hose your entire disk. I'd say, strip all pertinent data off of it, and get yourself a new hard disk. Better for you, better for your data. :) - Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
