Hi Dieter,

DM> Only if he is lucky - I had one a week or so ago where a 1gig
DM> drive would not format over 30 megs, no matter what I deleted
DM> and changed around in FDISK. In the end, I zeroed out the first
DM> few sectors using a disk editing tool.

ROFL...You probably got bitten by one of the new you-beaut versions
of Disk Mangler or similar that they are now pre-installing on many
of the large drives. It can be a real pain in the arse if you don't
know it is there or read how to get rid of it first.

DM> I assume that was caused by the LBA switch - of course I only
DM> get _partial_ information. The rest they don't tell you.

Of course not. They don't know what they are doing, so how on earth
can they tell you what you should be doing.

Regards, Brenton
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