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Many motherboards support doing a low-level format from the BIOS.<br />
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You can sometimes download a utilty from the hard drive manufacturer that will let you do a low-level format.<br />
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I also believe there are some other third-party utilities to do this also.<br />
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Low-level format writes zeros to the entire drive instead of just formatting it. Formatting it, you dont actually strip everything off of it. You just delete data. But, it is still recoverable. After a low-level format, it is not.<br />
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You would low-level format a drive to erase any remnant of a virus, problem, or to do a diagnostic test on the drive.<br />
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I suggest that you download the utilities disk from your hard drive manufacturer.<br />
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I hope this helps...
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Many motherboards support doing a low-level format from the BIOS.

You can sometimes download a utilty from the hard drive manufacturer that will let you do a low-level format.

I also believe there are some other third-party utilities to do this also.

Low-level format writes zeros to the entire drive instead of just formatting it. Formatting it, you dont actually strip everything off of it. You just delete data. But, it is still recoverable. After a low-level format, it is not.

You would low-level format a drive to erase any remnant of a virus, problem, or to do a diagnostic test on the drive.

I suggest that you download the utilities disk from your hard drive manufacturer.

I hope this helps...

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More information can be found here<br />
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<a href="http://www.techrescue.net/guides/prepdrv3.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.techrescue.net/guides/prepdrv3.asp</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.compguystechweb.com/troubleshooting/hardware/low_level_format.html" rel="ugc">http://www.compguystechweb.com/troubleshooting/hardware/low_level_format.html</a>
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More information can be found here

http://www.techrescue.net/guides/prepdrv3.asp [http://www.techrescue.net/guides/prepdrv3.asp]

http://www.compguystechweb.com/troubleshooting/hardware/low_level_format.html [http://www.compguystechweb.com/troubleshooting/hardware/low_level_format.html]

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Dear Experts,<br />
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Can anyone explain to me what low level format is, and <br />
when this technique will be used, and how?<br />
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Thanks!<br />

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Dear Experts,

Can anyone explain to me what low level format is, and 
when this technique will be used, and how?

Thanks!


Low level format harddisk?

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