Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ub4b!kulcs!kulesat!esat.kuleuven.ac.be!hao From: hao@esat.kuleuven.ac.be Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Need info: Low level formatting Message-ID: <1990Dec5.184445.4166@esat.kuleuven.ac.be> Date: 5 Dec 90 18:44:44 GMT References: <11519@milton.u.washington.edu> Organization: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,ESAT - dep. Elect. Engineering, Belgium Lines: 19 In article , freewill@nstar.UUCP (Bill Williston) writes: > 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. >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- you can also try: DEBUG g=c800:5 or a program called DM (disk manager)