#Quarterback Tools V1.0
23-Nov-90 10:45:13
Sb: #4007-#Quarterback Tools V1.0
Fm: Gary Lucas 73657,772
To: Bill Forcade 74746,604
Bill,
I have only Low-Level formated one of my hard drives and that was two
years ago because of some read-write errors. I have NEVER tried to
LOW-LEVEL format and a RESTORE for optimization for two reasons: 1st,
LOW-LEVEVL formating takes at least several HOURS to do; 2nd, it is my
understanding (I could be wrong) that the way Amiga DOS writes a file to
disk is in itself fragmented, and therefore an OPTIMIZATION program is much
faster (45 min. compared to 4 hours) and writes to the disk in
de-fragmented fashion. Suggestion: ask Don Curtis he seems to be the
resident Guru on Hard Drives.
— Gary Lucas —