> On 1 Jan, 2017, at 05:01, Charles Lenington <macso...@cotc.net> wrote: > > Didn't "Hard disk tool kit" and LaCie's "silver lining" (?) low level > format? I think there were a couple more.
These days the nearest equivalent to “low level format” available solely by software is “secure erase”. It’s entirely probable that many drives interpret the former command as a request for the latter. - Jonathan Morton -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.