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Re: Low Level Format
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Karl Gottshalk <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 13:19:11 -0400
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Last year, I did a Fdisk /MBR on a hard drive with 5 partitions and a MBR
virus and I lost the partition table. This was the only time I have tried it
on a partitioned drive, but I have used it many times on other drives and
have never had any problems. Do you have any experience with partitioned
drives?

Karl Gottshalk (A+)

> I have been doing this for 20 years and I have never seen or even heard
from
> a reputable source that Fdisk /MBR can damage a HDD. All it does is
> overwrite the Master Boot Record.
>
> Vic, A+

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