Low level Formating

[del_35]

I have bought a new computer and my Bios no longer supports lowlevel formating, i had a p200mmx. Does anyone know how i can go about lowlevel forating a drive of about 270mb. Thanks in advance

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[r2k]

I'm curious,what is low-level formatting?

 

[ejsmith2]

It's just a bios function. It runs through the hard disk and completely wipes (0's) everything. You could call it security erasure.

A couple of formats does close to the same thing, but leaves the disk with information (formatting indexes).

 

[Lars_Coleman]

If you do a format/u X: that will do a unconditional format which is the same as a LLF but doesn't write Zero's to the Master Boot Record like a LLF would do.

Check with the Mfg. Of the drive and see if they have on available?

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[r2k]

Is your drive a Quantum?
I just remembered a utility I downloaded from former Quantum's website called Quantum Disk Manager.It is a very fast program for partitioning,formatting,checking disk integrity,etc.Maybe you'll find a low-level format option there.You should know the model name of your HDD though for the program to work.
I just played with its options about a year ago(but didn't make or apply any changes).I've got it in my computer but it's way too big for me to send : 4.5 MB

 

[Spdy_Gonzales]

That's a pretty small drive there. Do you really NEED to do a low level format? You can reformat it with "My Computer" and that would probably be adequate.

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