On Sun, 9 Apr 2000 19:45:02 -0700 Bob George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Apr 2000 22:04:36 -0700 Bob George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> > Subject: Re: HD noises
>> > A low-level format may needed to make it happy again *if* there's a
> problem.
>> Wrong. A low-level format will destroy an IDE drive. Just ask anyone who
>> has ever performed a low-level format on an IDE drive.
> Haha! I was WONDERING if there was anyone else old enough to remember those
> days. I do, but I noticed the situation changed a few years ago. Sorry, Sam,
> but you are incorrect (to be a bit more polite about it) yourself. Newer
> drives can be low-level formatted just fine, and presumably the 10GB unit
> would fall into this category. In fact, after posting my message, I've
> low-level formatted the very IDE drives I referred to.
Well, I'm glad your hard drive is happy, and I'm very happy too with your
having updated my knowledge of this subject.
> Don't take my word for it: Check the manufacturer's site. If they say the
> model can be low-level formatted, then it can. Hopefully, we won't waste
> time dissecting exactly what "low level formatting" REALLY is or isn't.
I hope we don't go there again either. We've had this discussion before
on the list. It resulted in flame wars and it almost turned ugly.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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