Thread: Won't detect HDD
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Old 30-05-2005, 12:41   #6
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Re: Won't detect HDD
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Originally Posted by Raistlin
What does a low-level format accomplish that a standard format will not?
AFAIK it formats at the lowest level (machine code - 0s and 1s), reverts everything back to 0's.... otherwise known as zero formatting.
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