Thread: Low Level Formatting Tools
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Old 25-09-2011, 13:25   #5
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Re: Low Level Formatting Tools
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Originally Posted by LSainsbury View Post
Why do you want to do a low-level format? Thought doing that went out years ago!

Personally I'd be inclined to use the manufacturers own tools to do that, which I see you've already tried - is the BIOS up-todate?
drive has bad clusters and wanna see if it will mark them as unusable as my sister doesnt wish to replace the drive now as my neice is having a new laptop for christmas.
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