I use Microscope for LLF a hdd. Like you sometimes it works sometimes not.
Latest was a very very old 120 meg Maxtor that died. It stayed dead. Its
worth a try if its for a hobbyist but for a biz throw them out and get a new
one..

vic

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Steven Walley
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 6:43 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Revive Old HDD
>
>
> As a last resort, and this would qualify, you can try to
> low level format (LLF) the hard drive. Then FDISK and format.
>
> In order to do this, you need to download a LLF utility from
> Seagate. If they do not have it on their web site, Disk Manager
> can LLF a IDE hard drive if you start it with the switch dm/i
>
> If a LLF does not work, then throw the drive away.
>
> Sometimes I have been able to get an otherwise dead drive to
> work with a LLF, sometimes not.
>
>
> Steven Walley
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>
> At 07:23 PM 5/3/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >I have a 1 GB Seagate hard drive (ST31081A) that a friend gave
> me. I want to
> >reformat the drive and install Win98 on it, but when I try to
> format it in
> >Win98 real dos mode, the program says that the first track is bad and
> >damaged. My question is, is this drive still usable, or should I
> just throw
> >it out? Thanks.
> >
> >Chuck Hassenplug
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