low-level format utility

5300cs

macrumors 68000

Original poster

• Oct 25, 2004

• #1

My PB's disk has some sort of security software still installed which is keeping me from installing an OS on to it.

Does anyone know a good low-level formatting util under OS 9 or previous? I've Googled & searched VersionTracker but haven't found anything really good yet...

Any help appreciated 🙂

 

Sun Baked

macrumors G5

• Oct 25, 2004

• #2

What type of security program?

Boot block/driver level? or something else?

 

combatcolin

macrumors 68020

• Oct 25, 2004

• #3

I remember than a low level format on an IDE drive will kill it, well that was the advice in my old Amiga magazines.

 

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live4ever

macrumors 6502a

• Oct 25, 2004

• #4

I've used Jiiva's Superscrubber to do a low level format before, but just to completely erase my previous data.

 

5300cs

macrumors 68000

Original poster

• Oct 25, 2004

• #5

I dunno what kind of security software. I fired up Disk Setup after booting off a CD and it said "Unrecognized disk or security software still installed. This disk can still be initialized." I did a 0 out thingy, but that doesn't seem to have done any good.

I wanted a disk utility that I could boot off of and just wipe the damn thing completely.

I bought it off an auction, and it worked perfectly until a few days ago. I notified the seller and he said to send it back to him. It's going to be his problem not mine 😉

Thanks for the help, though.