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From: kony on 3 Feb 2006 06:44
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:34:29 GMT, spam(a)uce.gov (Bob) wrote:

>On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:41:42 GMT, Marten Kemp
><martendotkemp(a)thisplanet-link.net> wrote:
>
>>> Please recommend a reliable utility to sweep and repair defects on a
>>> HD.
>
>>Use powermax from Maxtor:
>>Works on drives from any manufacturer.
>
>From the website:
>"The PowerMax utility is designed to perform diagnostic read/write
>verifications on Maxtor and Quantum hard drives."
>
>I have WD drives.
>
>Are you saying it will work properly on WD drives too?


Then use the WD utility instead... comes with retail WD
drives or downloadable from their website.
From: Bob on 3 Feb 2006 10:02
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:44:28 GMT, kony <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:

>Then use the WD utility instead... comes with retail WD
>drives or downloadable from their website.

I have Data LifeGuard but it does not do a low level format.

I will look on the WD website to see if there is anything else. I
posted this inquiry to see if there were any 3rd party formatters
available.


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From: XModem on 3 Feb 2006 10:37
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:02:33 GMT, spam(a)uce.gov (Bob) wrote:

>On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:44:28 GMT, kony <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>
>>Then use the WD utility instead... comes with retail WD
>>drives or downloadable from their website.
>
>I have Data LifeGuard but it does not do a low level format.

Not sure if you knew, but there's two distinct products: Data Lifeguard
Diagnostics, and Data Lifeguard Tools. Have you tried the Tools?

>I will look on the WD website to see if there is anything else. I
>posted this inquiry to see if there were any 3rd party formatters
>available.
From: CBFalconer on 3 Feb 2006 10:56
Bob wrote:
> kony <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>
>> Then use the WD utility instead... comes with retail WD
>> drives or downloadable from their website.
>
> I have Data LifeGuard but it does not do a low level format.

Nothing outside the factory does a real low-level format on modern
drives. The last machines requiring such operations were called
the XT, and were built around the 8088.

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From: Bob on 4 Feb 2006 02:01
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:37:00 -0500, XModem <XModem(a)null.org.invalid>
wrote:

>Not sure if you knew, but there's two distinct products: Data Lifeguard
>Diagnostics, and Data Lifeguard Tools. Have you tried the Tools?

I had earlier downloaded the Tools and they are useless for this
purpose. Now I have the Diags and they may be closer to what I want. I
will try them out in the morning after I have cloned the target disk.

Thanks for the heads up.


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