Marshall;
I have had good luck with Seagate's lowlevel format tool "sgatfmt.exe"
find it here:
http://www.drivermuseum.com/files/utils/hd_u.html
scroll down to seagate then get "sgatfmt3.zip"
the page also has format tools for other brands, take your pick.
this may be a newer version than I have, but it should work on any brand of
drive
It's a simple Dos proggie that low level formats and/or verifies the drive.
I used it on a W-digital drive recently in a client's computer
that had some strange folders with cryptic names like
Dir 003%&#, possibly a virus.... that fdisk wouldn't destroy.

<>< Larry Fisk
         Fisk Computers
           Fruitvale, Idaho
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marshall Fortescue" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] HARD: Trouble formating disk


> Thanks for the advice for delpart.exe, Zap, and Wipe....I ended up trying
> delpart.exe...It did seem to work, but I still have garbage on the drive.
I
> will try the maxtor disk utilities.

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