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From: gr0z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregory Phillip Rhoads)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: WANTED: Low Level HD Formatter
Message-ID: <gbd77X200Voz4H8kcz@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 91 18:48:03 GMT
Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Help!

I have a hard disk that when I try to format, it gives me the error :

invalid media or track 0 bad - disk unusable

I have tried to find a public domain low-level formatting program, and
have not been successful.  Can any one recommend one that would do the
job?

Thanks

Greg