| From: | TOM BAILIE |
| Date: | 24 Oct 2000 at 23:12:21 |
| Subject: | Re: (Dodgy) 2.5in. HDDs' |
Andrew Crowe helped by stating:-
> > These two 2.5" drives have probably been used on a laptop, and you
> > may need to select the option of low level formatting before either
> > drive will work properly. This has happened to me previously with a
> > brand new drive, and since you`re thinking of throwing them out
> > wouldn`t hurt to try it. Yours helpfully,
> > [Flash]
>
> no no no no, don't low level format IDE drives. You only do that on
> SCSI drives, at best ide drives ignore a low level format, at worst
> (so i've heard) they can be damaged.
>
> See ya :)
Yes, Andrew, I've followed these arguements in past mails, but,
believe me, I would have tried it anyhow if I could get the drives
recognised, after all, what's to loose?
Keep them coming friend, and Thanks. :)
Tom.
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