[aclug-L] Re: disk-management software .. Viruses?

["Arnold Cavazos Jr." <abcjr@xxxxxxxxx>]

As a general rule -- never low-level format any type of IDE/ATA Hard 
disk... even with the tools that a vendor provides.

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On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 06:45:51PM -0500, David Carmichael wrote:
> 
> Jeff -
> 
> WOW!
> 
> Would this mean that even the 'low level format' software from the drives
> manufacture could not reformat the drive correctly if the MBR was messed up?
> 
> If it was not that the drive is now knocking like an old 8 cylinders car on
> bad gas....
> 
> --David
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