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From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (William Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Re: Low-level hard disk format - Here's How
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Date: 4 Dec 89 15:31:37 GMT
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  There is a BIOS call "format track" which can be used to portably
format a disk. I don't remember the details now, but you may find a copy
of a program I wrote in 84 to do this. It was called hdformat and was
posted on a bunch of BBS systems. I'm not sure I have a copy any more,
and I'm sure I don't have one online, since the only DOS I run these
days is under UNIX.

  You might be able to find a copy around somewhere. This asks for
format and stuff. Any proper BIOS ROM should handle it.
	bill davidsen		(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me