Low Level Format

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Thu Aug 21 11:48:00 2003

>From: "John Allain" <allain_at_panix.com>
>
>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
Received on Thu Aug 21 2003 - 11:48:00 BST