| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 30 Aug 2001 at 14:40:14 |
| Subject: | Re: [D5] Re: Opus' Format replacement |
On Thursday 30 August 2001 2:30 pm, Dr Greg Perry wrote:
> On 30-Aug-01 19:18:58 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> >Steve & Ulli Bowman said,
> >> AFAIK fast format will only work once the drive
> >> had been fully formatted.
> >I've done it many times over the years, with new drives and with new Zip
> >disks. The 18GB drive I'm using now has only been quick formatted.
> In fact with modern drives you cannot actually do a real low level format.
> The drive mechanics handle all this.
Now you're trying to confuse everyone by adding low-lewel formatting into the
discussion :)