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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Low-level format of hard disk
Message-ID: <2063@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 90 03:13:15 GMT
References: <431@synsys.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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  I would advise low level formatting every new disk before putting it
in service. Almost everyone agrees that you will get best reliability
when switching from horizontal to vertical mount by LL format. Now
quick! Was that factory format done H or V? And at what ambient
temperature? Right, now LL format the disk before using, and don't let
BS scare you.

  See previous *great* posting about why it can't "stress the platters." 
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bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
    sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
    moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list
"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me