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From: optical@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
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Subject: RE: Low-Level format of ST-225
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Date: 5 Mar 89 01:06:11 GMT
References: <727@cb.ecn.purdue.edu>
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In article <727@cb.ecn.purdue.edu>, wilke@cb.ecn.purdue.edu (Todd Wilke) writes:
> I have an XT-clone (Epson Equity II, NEC-V30) with a Seagate 
> ST-225 hard drive and Western Digital controller (WD1002).
> The drive was beginning to have a lot of seek-errors,
> so I ran a low-level format and now the drive is botched.
> The formatter flagged over 1000 bad sectors and I cannot
> create a DOS partition (disk read-error).
> 
> The drive itself is fine, it formatted (with minimal bad
> tracks) when mounted in another system (AT-class), so the
> problem seems to be between the low-level formatter (which
> is Epson's, not from WD) and the controller.
> 
> Is the phone call to WD for documentation and formatting
> software all that I need? More? Less?
> 
> Todd Wilke                            wilke@cb.ecn.purdue.edu
> Dept. Chemical Engineering
> Purdue University

According to your description of the problem, the controller is
most likly to have problem. You can try to use a known good 
controller to test your drive again. There are also a number of
hard disk utility packages, that support low-level format functions,
in the market. (one of which, we are using a lot, is the Disk Manager
by Ontrack Computer Systems Inc.) I don't have their phone number
on hand, but if you like to know, I can dig it out.

Qiwu Liu
Univ. of KS