Thread: Won't detect HDD
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Old 30-05-2005, 12:52   #13
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Re: Won't detect HDD
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
Warning: You should never attempt to do a low-level format on an IDE/ATA or SCSI hard disk. Do not try to use BIOS-based low-level formatting tools on these newer drives. It's unlikely that you will damage anything if you try to do this (since the drive controller is programmed to ignore any such LLF attempts), but at best you will be wasting your time. A modern disk can usually be restored to "like-new" condition by using a zero-fill utility.
Is that not the same thing though?
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