[Coco] (Was: OT -- PC needs TWO Shut Downs ) How to format a PC Hard disk

[Benoit Bleau]

AFAIK, there were 3 steps required, if you had a real old MFM controler:
Step #1 is NOT required with IDE disks.
1.   Low Level Format  ( debug, g=c800:5  found here: 
http://www.alasir.com/books/hards/098-101.html)
2.   fdisk   , needed to set the partitions
3.   format c: /s

-Benoit
KnudsenMJ at aol.com wrote:

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> In a message dated 4/4/06 8:29:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  

> theother_bob at yahoo.com writes:

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>> Found at  http://www.vfrazee.com/ms-dos/6.22/help/help%20summary.htm

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> Thanks -- I do remember that vaguely from the days of making MSDOS boot  

> floppies.

> But I still think something extra is needed to put the so-called "Master  

> Boot Record" onto a hard drive.  Or does the above do that, along with the  three 

> files?

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> I have a brand spanking new 100G Maxtor waiting to go into my PC, and I  want 

> to make sure I can switch the booting job over to it after it becomes the  

> "master."

> Thanks, Mike K.

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