Dear All,
I decided as a last resort to download the utility from Fujitsu and to
check the drive. It failed the tests but not necessarily because it is
permanently bad from what I could tell. I decided to get the utility also
to do the low-level format. I am looking at my desktop and it says the
format just finished successfully. What should be my next steps at this
point? I do not want to install anything but LM8 on my machine. Any
suggestions? Thanks.
Sincerely, Marcia
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 09:23:00 +1200 "skinky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Marcia
>
> I agree with Tazmun, you need to go the the drive manufacturers
> website and
> download the utility made specifically for your drive to do the
> low-level
> format. However, I would also search the manufacturer's site for a
> drive-testing utility and run the diagnostics test first. The test
> should
> tell you whether or not the drive is kaput and if so, as a last
> resort
> perfom the low-level format. As Civileme pointed out, low-level
> formats can
> totally finish off the drive.
>
> Good luck
> skinky
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tazmun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> <snip>
> > probably a long shot though. The low format utilities are not
> found in
> your
> > bios, or at least I've never seen such a thing. I would suggest
> > downloading the utilities offered by the hard drive manufacturer
> on line.
> > The ones I've used are quite helpful and offer the proper low
> level format
> > for your drive if necessary. They normally offer to help you make
> a
> > bootable disk to boot on your floppy drive. The low level format
> is
> > sometimes called the "write test"(specifically maxtor), but
> remember this
> > wipes your drive completely clean and requires a fdisk and normal
> format
> > afterwards. Sorry I don't know the Linux equivalents. I have had
> drives
> > testing bad after a low level format test out ok. Depending on
> why the
> >
> > Tazmun
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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