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Greetings, I have a small question about Low Level Format Tool, and I wasn't able to find an answer in the forum: Can I start the low level format anywhere but not the start of the hard disk? Say I want to low level format the last 50% of my HDD, is there a command line or something like that in the program to allow me to do that?

Thanks for any reply, your software rocks!

Depending on exactly why you are trying to use the LLF tool, there may be other approaches for you achieve what you want. You would need to explain (a) why you are trying to LLF tool in the first place, (b) what specific part of the disk you want to LLF (exactly 50%, as you mentioned? or one whole partition (Windows drive letter)? or a specific range of LBAs which is not a whole partition? or something else?), (c) how the disk is attached to the PC (SATA? USB? other?), and then some other approaches may become clearer.

Alternatively you can wait for someone else to reply, who has heard whether that option exists in the LLF tool.

Vulcan wrote:Depending on exactly why you are trying to use the LLF tool, there may be other approaches for you achieve what you want. You would need to explain (a) why you are trying to LLF tool in the first place, (b) what specific part of the disk you want to LLF (exactly 50%, as you mentioned? or one whole partition (Windows drive letter)? or a specific range of LBAs which is not a whole partition? or something else?), (c) how the disk is attached to the PC (SATA? USB? other?), and then some other approaches may become clearer.

Alternatively you can wait for someone else to reply, who has heard whether that option exists in the LLF tool.

Perfect
a) I have some doubts about the integrity of the hard disk, and one of the tests I want to do is a low level format of the area.
b) My question goes to an area of the HDD, not a partition. It would be of great use to be able to LLF between the 77% and the 79% of the hard disk, that's what I'm searching for
c) Sata port is being used

Thanks for the info.

faeterov wrote:a) I have some doubts about the integrity of the hard disk

What symptoms do you have, which cause you to think there is an "integrity" problem with the disk?

What tests have you done so far, and what results did you get?

What is the make & model of this disk?

What is the history of the disk, and has anything unusual happened before you started to doubt its "integrity"?

Are you trying to "repair" the disk without buying a replacement, or trying to prove that the disk has a fault to get warranty replacement, or do you need data recovery, or ... ?

If you haven't yet collected the full, raw SMART data from the disk, please do that (e.g. using HDDScan) and include that in your reply. Note: The "raw" values for each SMART attribute need to be included - not all utility software includes that information when they display the SMART attribute values.

If you answer the above questions, then we can try to better understand what problem you are experiencing.

faeterov wrote:and one of the tests I want to do is a low level format of the area.

Personally I would not use LLF as a test of "integrity".

faeterov wrote:b) My question goes to an area of the HDD, not a partition. It would be of great use to be able to LLF between the 77% and the 79% of the hard disk, that's what I'm searching for

Selecting parts of a disk by percentages, especially for a destructive action, is unlikely to be popular IMHO due to the lack of precision until you start using multiple decimals of precision.

You can do it with Victoria or Vivard.

laptokowiec wrote:You can do it with Victoria or Vivard.

I'm trying to understand deeper about the OP's real problem, and not actually whether it can be done or not, but thanks for that information which may help the OP, at least temporarily.

if am not wrong here, he might suspect on bad sectors on the area he mentioned, and wanted to LLF and see
it may or may not BE the case

That's why I was asking for the SMART data - to see what info we can get about how big the problem really is, not just how big the problem seems to be at the moment to the OP. In any case, using LLF in case of bad sectors is also not necessary, which is why I asked why that was being done. However since the OP has not replied for a week, then perhaps this is not important anyway...