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From: freewill@nstar.UUCP (Bill Williston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Need info: Low level formatting
Keywords: PC harddisk
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Date: 26 Nov 90 02:54:26 GMT
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hklee@milton.u.washington.edu (Hyeon Kyu Lee) writes:

> Hi Netters:
> 
> I have an occasional problem with my harddisk, in FAT area.
> So I'm thinking about low level formatting. Due to my neglect,
> I didn't keep the manual that came with HD. As far as I remember,
> it starts with "DEBUG... something"
> 
> My hd is Seagate ST-238 RLL and controller is Western Digital
> 8-bit for XT. 
 Try a shareware program called HDPREP. or HDPREP34.  an executable for low 
level formatting.  
>