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Re: low level format
From:
"Glen L. Bowes" <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 00:58:57 -0400
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I apologize if this has already been discussed but this statement is a bit
misleading. A low level format synchronizes the drive with the controller
and is not generally necessary with IDE drives as it is done in the factory
and the controller is integrated with the drive. FDISK is used to define
partition information and is completely unrelated.

-----Original Message-----
Fdisk -is- low level format. The high level format in DOS is called
Format.

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