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| Author: | ashiekh [ December 1st, 2018, 15:31 ] |
| Post subject: | HDD Low level Format Tool |
What does the HDD Low level Format Tool do other than writing zeros? Where does the formatting come in? |
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| Author: | ashiekh [ December 1st, 2018, 19:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HDD Low level Format Tool |
Perhaps this should not be called 'formatting'? |
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| Author: | ashiekh [ December 1st, 2018, 19:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HDD Low level Format Tool |
http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/e ... Q/203931en " Actually the term "low level" is a bit of a misnomer. The low-level process first used years ago in MFM hard drives bears little resemblance to what we now call a "low-level format" for today's SATA and ATA (IDE) drives. " |
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| Author: | fzabkar [ December 1st, 2018, 19:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HDD Low level Format Tool |
Spildit wrote: ashiekh wrote: Perhaps this should not be called 'formatting'? What should you call "formatting" then ? I'm old school. To me a low level format is something that you do at the firmware level. For example, a floppy diskette can be low level formatted but an IDE HDD cannot, at least not with regular ATA commands. If the "HDD Low level Format Tool" incorporates Format Unit commands for certain HDD models, then I'd be inclined to call that a low level format feature of some kind, especially if it can merge the G-list into the P-list. Unfortunately the tool seems to be poorly documented, so no-one can tell what it actually does. |
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| Author: | ashiekh [ December 3rd, 2018, 19:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HDD Low level Format Tool |
It must do more than just write zeros to justify the name 'low level format' and a price tag. |
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