On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 at 02:09, <rk...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > Hi All: > > I need to low level format a bunch of older 1440k floppies that are starting > to lose their integrity. A low level format often works to revitalize them.
Low-level formatting is really only a hard disk thing -- and an old hard disk thing, at that. It's not possible on most IDE drives and probably impossible on any EIDE or SATA drive. > But, I could not get the FreeDOS formatter to do anything but reformat the > directory area. So is it doing a quick format? (`format a: /q`) Try: format a: /u or if you don't want prompts, format a: /autotest These are the MS command variants but I suspect they'd work. -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
