Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!bikini!mlf From: mlf@comet.cis.ufl.edu (Mike Fisher) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: IDE drive-- is it really UNFORMATTABLE? Message-ID: Date: 18 Feb 91 15:46:19 GMT References: <8173.27bd48d5@zeus.unomaha.edu> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Organization: /cis/serc1/mlf/.organization Lines: 25 In-reply-to: conslt01@zeus.unomaha.edu's message of 16 Feb 91 20:59:33 GMT |I have a question for you people out there who are technical experts. |I recently bought a new Packard-Bell 80386-25 system that came equipped |with a 124 meg IDE hard drive. A small notice came with the system |that said "THIS DISK HAS BEEN PREFORMATTED AT THE FACTORY..." |talking about low and high level formats... |and goes on to say... |"DO NOT USE ANY FORMAT PROGRAMS OR DEBUG PROGRAMS ON THIS HARD DRIVE. |IF THIS DRIVE NEEDS TO BE FORMATTED, IT..."must be sent back in to the |factory where they will charge you an arm and a leg to do it, I'm sure. If yours is like mine, the formating the warning label talks about is LOW-LEVEL formatting. High level formatting done with the format command works fine and is needed if you repartition the drive. WARNING: This is my opinion based on my experience. Your milage may vary. Read the manuals and make backups before doing anything drastic. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Real life: There is no such thing... Mike Fisher | | | | University of Florida CIS Dept. mlf@cis.ufl.edu | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------