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01 March 2003, 18:54
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breakpointUK.com
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Low Level Format???
i as you may be aware, i'm transfering my HD from A1200 to A600 soon...
the drive at the moment has two partitions DH0: = Workbench(3.7M), DH1: = LocalDisk(55.1M) running HDToolbox in OS3.0 reports the drive as... Interface=SCSI, Address=0, LUN=0, Status=Not Changed, Drive Type=ST91000A.. then 07.0 ----- my questions are... when i run HDTools on OS2.1, should i do a Low-level Format, first... what is HDSetup/English - do i need to do this? if you have any info please let me know.... i'm sure i remember something bad, when you do a Low-level format... or am i thinking of something else????? |
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01 March 2003, 18:58
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Global Moderator
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Don't do a Low Level Format!
HDSetup/English is a hard disk installer for Workbench. |
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01 March 2003, 19:01
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Senior Member
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I think if the hard drive is SCSI then you can happily perform a Low-Level format. I know the Amiga will declare IDE hard drives as SCSI when they are not. If your hard drive is IDE then as Cody says do not perform a Low-Level format. Low-Level format destroys IDE hard drives. If my memory is correct.
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01 March 2003, 19:46
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breakpointUK.com
Join Date: May 2001
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yeah that what i thought... so i should boot Workbench boot disk, on the drop down menu format the Workbench partition and the install OS2.1???
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01 March 2003, 20:58
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Derby, UK
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from what I can remember a SCSI hd has all the controlling software withing the hardware so it can be low-level formatted.
IDE on the other hand has the controlling software on the actual HD, if you low-level it then it is overwritten/erased and the HD then becomes an expensive door-stop! |
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