> 
> >  [I said]:
> > refrain, low-level formatting will cause you many more headaches than it 
> > will solve.
> 
> I disagree. There was once a time when it was SOP to low-level *any*
> drive after it was installed.  This was largely due to head/gravity
> issues with older drives.  That has probably long since been resolved,
> but I have found that a clean slate has gotten me out of more trouble
> than it has caused.
> 
> .02

Naturally everyone has different experiences. I won't belabour the point,
but I did want to make sure that any young ears didn't get the wrong 
impression from anything here. This was a SCSI specific discussion.

ST506 and ESDI drives require low-level formatting. SCSI drives _sometimes_
need low-leveling, and IDE drives should _NEVER_ be low level formatted.

							David Maxwell
							david@web.net

(Just hoping to save someone from frying a drive someday...)