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From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: RE : Low-level format of hard disk
Message-ID: <745@demott.COM>
Date: 10 Oct 90 16:40:11 GMT
References: <90282.214529MHS108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Organization: DeMott Electronics Co., Van Nuys CA
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In article <90282.214529MHS108@psuvm.psu.edu> MHS108@psuvm.psu.edu (Mark Solsman) writes:
>
>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]

    A drive should also be low-level formatted if its orientation is changed,
(e.g. from desk to upright).

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