Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!psuvm!mhs108
From: MHS108@psuvm.psu.edu (Mark Solsman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: RE : Low-level format of hard disk
Message-ID: <90282.214529MHS108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 90 01:45:29 GMT
References: <3915.2711b5f6@cc.curtin.edu.au>
Organization: Penn State University
Lines: 16


In article <3915.2711b5f6@cc.curtin.edu.au>, sschnellm@cc.curtin.edu.au says:
>
>If the machine is an AT, the disk will have been formatted by the
>manufacturer before shipping. It is not recommended that you re-format
>a hard disk in an AY (quite difficult too...)

I disagree. Formatting a drive is quite easy on an AT. I recommend it
periodically, infact. It may recliam some "bad" sectors.
I low-level my drive often(1 to 2 times a year).
[of course a tape drive aids me in this task]
----
Mark Solsman
The Pennsylvania State University - Worthington Campus, Scranton, Pa.
Bitnet   : MHS108 at PSUVM
Internet : MHS108 at PSUVM.PSU.EDU