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disk wiping Nick 04-05-2006
---> Re: disk wiping Sebastian Gotts...04-05-2006
Posted by Nick on April 5, 2006, 1:46 am
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What do you guys use to do low-level initialization of the hard drives?

Thanks



Posted by Winged on April 5, 2006, 1:58 am
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Nick wrote:
> What do you guys use to do low-level initialization of the hard drives?
>
> Thanks
>
>
Utility that is typically available from the drive manufacturer. It
varies depending on mfg and in some cases drive model.

Winged

Posted by Sebastian Gottschalk on April 5, 2006, 8:24 am
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Nick wrote:
> What do you guys use to do low-level initialization of the hard drives?

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdXY bs=1M

Posted by Jim Watt on April 5, 2006, 5:51 pm
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On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:24:28 +0200, Sebastian Gottschalk

>Nick wrote:
>> What do you guys use to do low-level initialization of the hard drives?
>
>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdXY bs=1M

hardly any use on windows, but is it what was traditionally a 'low
level' format? I think not.

In the days of MFM disks with two connectors one needed to
do a low level format and manually enter the bad track map.

Thats all changed, and is debatable whether one can do a real
low level format any more, and its worth if you could.

I welcome suggestions on what to do with my pile of Fujitsu
MPG320AT drives accumulated with the hope of one day
returning them to their maker with extreme prejudice.
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Posted by Sebastian Gottschalk on April 5, 2006, 6:55 pm
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Jim Watt wrote:

>>> What do you guys use to do low-level initialization of the hard drives?
>> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdXY bs=1M
>
> hardly any use on windows,

Windows Services for Unix comes with a dd.exe and /dev/hdX maps to the
relevant \Device\HarddiskY. Or what about CoLinux?

Anyway, who said that Windows is the tool of choice?

> but is it what was traditionally a 'low level' format? I think not.

You're right, but this is what a 'low level' format is on today's
harddrives.

> Thats all changed, and is debatable whether one can do a real
> low level format any more, and its worth if you could.

Oh, with SCSI you can still access the raw blocks directly, including
spare reserves. On ATA I haven't seen any such commands yet.

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