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To: belker who wrote (9723)	12/19/1999 11:00:00 PM
From: bluejeans	Respond to of 14778

This may help you: globalserve.net Formatting Hard disks must be formatted twice before they can be used. The first format is the low-level (or physical) format and the second format is the high-level format. The low level format is typically only done at the factory. Most manufacturers recommend that you never low-level format a hard drive since it wipes out all data on that drive. The high-level format is something more commonly done by computer owners. From DOS, this is typically the FORMAT C: /S command. This process marks all bad sectors, writes the boot sector, creates the FAT, writes the root directory, copies system files, and allows you to label that drive.