Re: Bothersome HD.

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Craig Andrews wrote:

> 
> Try an unconditional DOS format (format c: /u), or even use the BIOS low
> level format utility to take note of the bad tracks (do NOT format the
> drive tho').
> 
> Anyway, give 'em SuSE or Mandrake or whatever. KDE is 'nearly' widoze.
> Doesn't crash as much either ;-)
> 
> Craig

 Erm, how do I access the format program on the Win98 disk? I`ve tried
format c: - but I get invalid command or some such trash.

 The machine they are getting has an unsupported sound card and
winmodem...hence why I built myself a new beast.

 Don`t have a low level format option on either of my machines.


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