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Hello Jean - 

MR>> So I did a new ll format 

JP> How do you do a ll format ? Did you mean a logical format
JP> or a real physical format ? Not too many of us here have
JP> the facility to do the ll. 

I will be interested in any knowledgeable response to your
inquiry. 

It appears that MFM, RLL, ESDI could all be low level formatted
but once IDE and EIDE came along I was told, originally, that
any attempt to low level format IDE or EIDE would destroy the
drive permanently.

I have since read of people doing a 'supposed' low level format
using manufacturer supplied software but have also been told
that this is an emulation and not a real low level format as
was done on earlier drive types. 

The result is I am confused and uncertain as to whether low
level formatting even exists or we just _think_ it exists. :-\ 

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