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"Jose E. Dominguez" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 25 Mar 1998 01:22:28 -0500
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Dave Souza wrote:

> Brian,
>
> The disk overlay program modifies your master boot record to allow it to
> load the overlay program when you boot up.
>
> When you format a hard drive, the master boot record is not modified.
> That's why formatting didn't get rid of the overlay program.
>
> If you want to get rid of the overlay, you can overwrite the master boot
> record on your hard drive by typing:
>
> FDISK /MBR
>
> This should remove the overlay and allow you to format the drive normally.
>
> Dave Souza

What do you do when FDISK /MBR doesn't work? Have done it about a dozen times
and still can't get rid of it.

Do you or anyone else have a low level format for Quantum drives?

TIA

Jose

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