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Low Level Format Utility

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Ski52, 2002/01/08.

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  1. 2002/01/08
    Ski52

    Ski52 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I need a low level format utility for a Toshiba 10G Laptop drive, probably any Toshiba LL util would work, but hteir site has none. Must be difficult cuz even Google dosen't really show much.
    Due to a BIOS snafu, it now shows 2G bad sectors. I would like to erase this erroneous error map.

    TIA

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    Cliffh

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    Usually, if you fdisk to delete the partition, reboot, fdisk to create, reboot and format it'll clear up the erroneous bad sectors.
     
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    Ski52

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    Thanks Cliff - I'll give it a shot..

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    Davheili

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    You can also try SpinRite at www.grc.com. Spinrite will do a low level non-destructive reformat. It also does a surface test and is capable of recovering sectors that are not bad and flagging questionable sectors as bad.
     
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