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From: s882790@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Stuart Goggin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Quantum 105mb HDD Is it really impossible to format>
Message-ID: <1991May16.093719.23654@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
Date: 16 May 91 09:37:19 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.
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 I have recently purchased a new system with a quantum 105 mb hdd. I have heard that it is impossible to format these drives.  Is this true? The reason I ask is that I mistakenly performed a low level format with a three to one 3:1 interleave ration. This occured with the new version of Norton Utilities Calibrqate utility.  I did not realise it picked 3:1 as the optimum until afterwards. Unfortunatley the next time I ran it it said that this drive is an IDE and cannot be formatted.  
 Has the drive been formatted to 3:1 interleave.
 Also the drive makes an occasional ticking noise, is this the servo controoler recalibrating itself?
 s882790@minyos.xx  Thanks in advance!