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From: hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: format is brain dead
Message-ID: <1990Nov25.093445.10710@evax.arl.utexas.edu>
Date: 25 Nov 90 09:34:45 GMT
References: <1990Nov24.174524.20659@gtisqr.uucp>
Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington
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In article <1990Nov24.174524.20659@gtisqr.uucp> rick@gtisqr.uucp (Hendrik Groeneveld) writes:
>
>I just got a Maxtor XT-8760S hard disk and ran into one small
>problem, format won't format. All I can get format to do is
>tell me that there is not enough memory. Why can't I format
>this drive? What is wrong with format? Anybody at Commodore
>care to comment? Am I stuck with a 675MB paper weight? Somebody
>please help!
>
>--
>Rick Groeneveld				UUCP: {smart-host}!gtisqr!rick


   
    Use "FORMAT .... quick". Then find a way to map out bad sectors. A 
developer here in Texas has the same prob with a 1.2G drive. I assumed he 
eventually found a way to map out the bad sectors.. 

 He did tell me two good things:

Don't EVER use media that has not been mapped.
Don't EVER fill a CBM hd >95% full.. Why? He did not go in depth.

Have fun with MASS storage.... :-)









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