There are times that a low-level format IS required. However, it most likely
is not the answer to bad sector problems. I ran into a problem with a new
SCSI hard disk that would not boot till I performed a low level format. In
that case, the format was done by the Adapted SCSI card itself - it has such
a utility in the card's ROM.

A good program for doing low level on IDE drives was the AMI diagnostics
that were available back in 89. If you can't find this or similar DOS
utility on the nospin web site, or download.com, then send me a note and I
can send it as an attachment (only 84k - remember the DOS days?).

Peter Shkabara
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-----Original Message-----
> My HDD was developed bad sectors two days ago, and I can't recover
> it. I know that a low-level formating can recover bad sectors, but
> I don't know where to get a utility to do that. If anybody know ..
> .. , please help me.

    Quite frankly, if you HD is developing bad sectors it is not a good sign
and a low level format will NOT fix the problem. I recommend you backup that
drive immediately, and if it continues to develop more and more bad sectors
have it replaced. I see of no good reason, these days, for low level
formating a hard drive. TTYL

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