各大廠都有提供 低階格式化 的 tool,
f9)0OHa 以最大廠Segate 來說, 可由下列連結下載: (煉哥的HD很可能是這個牌子)
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{ How Do I Low-Level Format an ATA (IDE) Hard Drive?
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9}x6t, What does "low level formatting" an ATA (IDE) drive mean?
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H6U 5- How do I Zero Fill my drive?
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What does "low level formatting" an ATA (IDE) drive mean?
L |6I Actually the term "low level" is a bit of a misnomer. The low-level process first used years ago in MFM hard drives bears little resemblance to what we now call a "low-level format" for today's ATA (IDE) drives. The only safe method of initialising all the data on a Seagate device is the Zero Fill option in DiscWizard Starter Edition.
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RgZ9ZrE\ The most common reasons to Zero Fill an ATA (IDE) hard drive are:
II!~"-W H `*U$pg The drive has contracted a virus that cannot be removed without destroying the boot sector.
ncUS8z You are changing from one operating system to another and wish to remove everything from the drive.
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QodWUbi'& Z*Gf`d: Zero Filling an ATA (IDE) drive destroys 100% of the data on the drive. Make sure the drive is completely backed up before proceeding.
D9?.Ru0. The Zero Fill option in DiscWizard Starter Edition is the only safe method for use with Seagate hard drives. Some system BIOS may include a Low-Level Format option; use these at your own risk, as this may produce undesirable results.
|"I)1[7 DiscWizard Starter Edition can be downloaded as a part of the DiscWizard package. It includes two Zero Fill options, partitioning options, and high-level formatting options. Zero Fill writes zeros in each data sector up to the complete capacity of the drive and cleans up some file system defects.
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q=V'pML x5mg<y2`Ng Zero Fill Drive (Quick) will write over the beginning of the drive that includes the critical partition information, eliminating all partitions and information on the drive including the Master boot record. This is useful if you have a drive that has a corrupted partition or that you wish to erase to reinstall a fresh operating system and new data.
7.6L1srV m! ueqV" Zero Fill Drive (Full) will write over the entire data area of the drive. This is useful if a drive has bad sectors that cannot be fixed by the operating system. This will also erase all the data on the drive, but it will take several hours.
pDSNI2 \r[u>7I When the process completes, reboot the system from the operating system install CD and follow the instructions to prepare (partition and format) the drive and install the operating system.
