I need a ST-419 hard drive

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Fri Feb 19 01:16:45 1999

At 11:50 PM 2/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Joe wrote:
>
>> At 02:05 PM 2/18/99 -0800, you wrote:
>> >
>> >HP was fond of formatting hard drives at 256 bytes/sector. That is likely
>> >the case with your ST-419.
>>
>> Yes, this one uses 256 bytes/sector but wouldn't reformatting it take
>> care of that?
>
>Low-level formatting can. A normal "format" is not low-level.

  That's true for MS DOS but what about on a non-MS DOS HP computer?

   Joe
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Received on Fri Feb 19 1999 - 01:16:45 GMT