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From: phil@sci.UUCP (Phil Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Hard Disk Low Level Format HELP NEEDED
Message-ID: <15068@sci.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 88 20:11:26 GMT
Organization: Silicon Compilers Systems Corp. San Jose, Ca
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Having just done a full backup, I decided to experiment with changing
interleave factors using one of the programs that is supposed to do
so without erasing the disk. Well, as one might expect, it took several
hours and wiped the disk clean. Even FDISK won't run. Now I need to
do a low level format to get going again but I have never done one and
have no programs to do so. HELP

What do I need to do? What program do I need? I have heard somewhere that
there is code in the disk controller to do low level format but I have
no details on how to do it. (It is a WD 16-bit AT type controller.)

Thanks