From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 23 12: 0: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4068A37B401 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 11:59:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.sea.registeredsite.com (mail1.sea.registeredsite.com [66.111.73.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B55043EE8 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 11:59:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from admin@asarian-host.net) Received: from asarian-host.net (asarian-host.net [216.122.74.112]) by mail1.sea.registeredsite.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBNJxtAu006940 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 14:59:56 -0500 Comments: To protect the identity of the sender, certain header fields are either not shown, or masked. Anonymous email addresses for asarians can be requested by filling in the appropriate form at: https://asarian-host.net/cgi-bin/signup.cgi Received: (from root@localhost) by asarian-host.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) id gBNJxsA77361 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 20:59:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from admin@asarian-host.net) Posted-Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 20:59:55 +0100 (CET) From: Mark Message-Id: <200212231959.GBNJXQM77344@asarian-host.net> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 20:59:44 +0100 X-Authenticated-Sender: admin@asarian-host.net Subject: Re: Hard Drive Low Level Format (was No Subject) X-Trace: tw0ZqHtRXJtdwB8evz4UrONwSauA59U2daHa3OwjLoVXK584RQ6v0T5+o8KiOTuF X-Complaints-To: abuse@asarian-host.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we are unable to process your complaint Organization: Asarian-host To: "Dmitry Ternovoy" , , "Jud" References: <200212231750.gBNHo6Er001270@jazz.leasat.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Auth: Asarian-host PGP signature iQEVAwUAPgdrOjFqW1BleBN9AQEzqQgAluiJpY9YYMxctvhMX4njRxoJsUaFKFKz bcQgFqHpsLAxF5Upqgl+RnBGEEtXKsrlJiAvMsaMYefmMe5sOB+LSNKy0dCoRv9d OYsHsiqx9g31ScbVuUvViY/RuAXhmNhmH78xUOmWcY6MKAt5JD0iESOhMdMg5tIS J3HISd1ieK1vppIhKlPXXePrknGU+l2PrG0n/Y4mw3F5Retviqk8wFsMpF9HH/Gs kDgCZ9Yw64TtOkWShgrj9owe83nfH7UTkJbhFbiY5N1PlhPWfhjqI+knQJrUKrMM 6yDw0e8d83+smC5hHWZ33vSXWe621fZy4DWLC70BxD+WKOARifGRgw== =Oubo Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jud" To: "Dmitry Ternovoy" ; Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 8:50 PM Subject: Re: Hard Drive Low Level Format (was No Subject) > On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:50:06 +0200 (EET), Dmitry Ternovoy > wrote: > > > it is IDE. As it all the same to make? (Disk low level format or other > > format) > > Jerry McAllister is right: You want to back up your critical data > *now*. OK, who is the manufacturer? The reason I ask is to find > the manufacturer's diagnostic and low level formatting utilities on the > Web - or you can do this yourself. I am no hard disk guru, but last thing I remember is that a low-level format on an IDE disk is a sure way to hose your entire disk. I'd say, strip all pertinent data off of it, and get yourself a new hard disk. Better for you, better for your data. :) - Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message