26 May
1999
26 May
'99
4:14 p.m.
Allison J Parent wrote:
Delete and format will pretty much clean the disk.
I think that would depend on the platform. Hmmm, were you referring to a
low-level format vs a high leve )DOS) format?
<drive, and then hit the platters with a bulk
eraser. I have heard that it
Then the disk is useless and you much as well hit it with a hammer as the
positioner servo information is gone.
That depends on the type of drive. I have changed platters on MFM/RLL PC
drives, low level formatted the thing, and it ran without problems. Did the
same thing on an IDE drive ... that one didn't work so well afterwards :).