Low Level Format - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Aug 2003

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 From: "John Allain" &lt;allain(a)panix.com&gt;

If the LLF is not performed on IDE drives,
then I wonder wonder what  Format does spend its time on?
I mean, on floppies a HLF takes about a second.

John A.

Hi John
 Part of Format's function is to determine if there
are any bad sectors. This takes time. Usually this is
done by reading a sector, writing and reading the complement
then writing and reading the original This takes time.
Dwight