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From: donm@pnet07.cts.com (Don Maslin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Low-level format of hard disk
Message-ID: <1990Oct11.020504.14908@simasd.uucp>
Date: 11 Oct 90 02:05:04 GMT
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Please explain how doing a low level format causes 'wear' on the heads.

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