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  • January 7, 2001 at 10:18 am #2085833

    low level format programs

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    by rob48 · about 23 years, 3 months ago

    were do i find a low-level format program for a fujitsu limited mpc3032at 3.5gb hd i looked all over the net for it someone help please

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    • January 7, 2001 at 12:26 pm #3832999

      low level format programs

      by rabbit_runner · about 23 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to low level format programs

      Try this site and utility
      http://www.freeport-tech.com/us-hd-prep-.htm

      Lots of luck

      Mike E.

    • January 7, 2001 at 1:14 pm #3832984

      low level format programs

      by anton26 · about 23 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to low level format programs

      Hi,

      Fujitzu MPC3032AT is an ATA33 harddrive. All ATA33 harddrive is factory low-level formatted. It is not necessary to low-level format the drive.

      If your computer has AMI or Award BIOS, you can use Low-level Format Utility stored in ROM-BIOS. Press Del key when you restart your computer and you can find the utility in the menu.

      If your computer doesn’t have Low-level Format utility, you can find the (demo version) utility in http://www.ami.com, or http://www.award.com, or http://www.symantec.com.

      Hopethis info can help you.

    • January 7, 2001 at 7:27 pm #3832871

      low level format programs

      by jmatt · about 23 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to low level format programs

      Go to the Hard Drive manufacturers site & download the free
      utility that most have , to help you get your HD the way you want .
      ( Including ghosting , writing to 0’s )

      Fujitsu’s is OnTrack DiskGo ,
      http://www.fcpa.com/cgi-bin/goFrames.cgi/support/su_drivers.html

    • January 8, 2001 at 3:34 am #3832612

      low level format programs

      by rmontgo3 · about 23 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to low level format programs

      Go too maxtor.com and download maxllf.
      this a good lowlevel formater that works on all harddrives.

    • January 12, 2001 at 12:27 pm #3829531

      low level format programs

      by bruski2k · about 23 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to low level format programs

      The only way I have found to correctly low level format an IDE drive is to use the utility provided by the manufacturer. Last time I looked at Fujitsu’s site I couldn’t find one.

      These utilities don’t actually low level format the drive, they write zero’s to it. True low level formatting of drives went out with MFM/RLL drives.

      Answer #4 says to use Maxtors util. This is wrong, Maxtors util only works with their drives. Bin there, done that.

      The reasons are that different manufacturers use different algorithms for their Logical Block Addressing (LBA) schemes and the drives BIOS contains code which identifies the make, model etc.

      If you find one that does work, please let me know.

      Good Luck
      Bruce

    • February 19, 2001 at 8:52 am #3847175

      low level format programs

      by wlbowers · about 23 years, 2 months ago

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      Most problems that people associate as needing to fix with low level format can be repaired by erasing the first 10 tracks. Drive Pro has a format function that does that.

      Lee

    • April 7, 2001 at 6:59 pm #3814184

      low level format programs

      by rob48 · about 23 years ago

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