Subject: RE: Hard drive formatting problem (cont.)
To: T. Sean (Theo) Schulze <71410.25@CompuServe.COM>
From: David A. Gatwood <marsmail@globegate.utm.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/08/1997 17:18:17
On 8 Jul 1997, T. Sean (Theo) Schulze wrote:

> >wouldn't just write a new partition map.  Any way on the quantum web
> >site they tell you only the factory can do a low level format, so I

I believe I remember reading somewhere that IDE drives, used in PCs, can't
be low-level formatted, and that the online drive manuals, being generic
ones for both Quantum's SCSI and IDE drives, don't make that distinction.
I'm not certain of that, though, by any means.  Anybody?

> Cylinders (tracks) = 0
> Heads (platters) = 0
> Sectors = 0

Macintosh HD...   0k used    0k available?  :)


Good luck,
David

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