Re: [newbie] Installing

[Andy Goth]

> If your BIOS has the option of doing a format, DON'T DO IT!!!

I don't mean "Use BIOS to format it" but "Use Ontrack to format it using
the BIOS format."

> Apparently, this was only meant for non IDE/SCSI drives, and can
> actually make things worse. Even though you should never have to
> low-level format an IDE drive, if you really have to, you must get
> the utility from the drive manufacturer. Apparently,  all drives have
> slightly different controllers, so there is no generic low-level
> format program.

The utility can either format it with the Ontrack Proprietary Format or
the BIOS format.  Note who is doing the formatting.