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  • From: "Greg Mayman" <gmone AT tpg.com.au>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] hd problem
  • Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:42:19 +1030

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:31:10 +0000 (UTC), sindi keesan wrote:

> Going through a few years' worth of saved list mails I found this
> (and a lot of nonsense that I posted myself).

> Is this midlevel format as good as the 'low-level' format found in the
> BIOS of some computers which can take overnight?

Is there really such a thing as a "mid-level" format?

I have only ever known three steps for a hard disk. They are
1. Low-level format
2. FDISK
3. Normal (high-level) format.





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