dalegass@dalcs.UUCP (05/01/87)
I've encountered a soft error on my hard disk, and I'm looking for some software to perform a low-level format (also, I'd like to experiment with interleave). I have a XEBEC controller (seagate HD); the controller only has 2k rom, so I really don't think there's format software on-board. Could anyone recommend any public domain software for permorming a low level hard disk format? Thanx, dalegass@dalcs.uucp
chapman@fornax.uucp (John Chapman) (05/02/87)
> I've encountered a soft error on my hard disk, and I'm looking for some software > to perform a low-level format (also, I'd like to experiment with interleave). > > I have a XEBEC controller (seagate HD); the controller only has 2k rom, so > I really don't think there's format software on-board. > > Could anyone recommend any public domain software for permorming a low level > hard disk format? > > Thanx, > > dalegass@dalcs.uucp I got a copy of SpeedStor with my MiniScribe disk and it works well. It includes a formatter along with comprehensive media analysis etc. It also does the work of the DOS format and fdisk commands. My copy was "special" in that it only supported MiniScribe drives (it was free with the drive so I'm not complaining). The usual version, according to the manual, will handle any drive as you can specify # heads, #cyls, etc. It retails in magazines for around $80 US. Hope this helps. *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** -- {watmath,seismo,uw-beaver}!ubc-vision!fornax!sfulccr!chapman or ...!ubc-vision!sfucmpt!chapman
myers@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU (Scott R Myers) (05/09/87)
In article <277@fornax.uucp> chapman@fornax.uucp (John Chapman) writes: > I've encountered a soft error on my hard disk, and I'm looking for some software > to perform a low-level format (also, I'd like to experiment with interleave). > > I have a XEBEC controller (seagate HD); the controller only has 2k rom, so > I really don't think there's format software on-board. > > Could anyone recommend any public domain software for permorming a low level > hard disk format? > > Thanx, > > dalegass@dalcs.uucp IBM has a special diagnostics disk for technicians and it includes low level formatting... I've used it once to reformat a HD formatted by Novell Netware and it worked fine... I couldn't tell you how to get a copy though... Also It does some fair diagnostics of HD... Scott R. Myers myers@andromeda...myers@gold...srm@topaz...srm@remus >> .rutgers.edu