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From: gwoho@nntp-server.caltech.edu (g liu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: The real story with IDE drives and low-level formats
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Date: 20 Jan 91 07:18:08 GMT
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spierk@cs.rpi.edu (Kevin Spier) writes:

>Can anybody tell me what the real deal with IDE drives and low-level
>formating is? I have heard that "you cannot low-level format IDE
>drives".  If this is the case then what happens in the case where you
>run some piece of software that attempts this (eg. SpinRite or
>Norton)? Do they fail, but render the drive useless? Please e-mail to
>me and I will post a summary if there is interest.

>Kevin L. Spier
>spierk@turing.cs.rpi.edu
i've llformated my ide drive with the ami bios. no problems.
gwoho liu.