Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 22:47:16 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Charles Jernigan <charlesj@cox-internet.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003172242340.51488-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <20000318032858.A25228@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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J McKitrick wrote to Charles Jernigan: > You don't actually 'remove' anything. Just re-format it. Maybe it > will be a low-level format, but it can be done without removing > anything. Fdisk should be able to do it. > > jm > Noooo..... One should never low-level format modern hard disk drives. Low-level formats are done by the manufacturer, and, at that time, additional track information is stored physically on the platter surfaces that may be destroyed after a consumer low-level format. Low-level formats are almost *always* unnecessary... And, when they ARE necessary, you are best advised to buy a new drive :-) I think, though, what you mean is not "low-level format", but "repartition in DOS and reformat in DOS". In that case, you would be correct. format != low-level format! :-) -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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