On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:20:13PM -0500, Anon. Coward wrote: -> -> All modern diskdrives have automatic error-checking, and in some cases -> -correction. And NO modern disk drives are low-level formatted at the -> factory. (Just LISTEN to me) There is a bit that can be set that does -> block-integrity checking during the period of the FIRST TEN POWER-CYCLES of -> the drive. After that there is no block-checking, believe it or not. -> -> If you do NOT fill up that drive within the first ten power-cycles you will -> likely have intermittant, unexplained corruptions. This is true whether you -> run Winduds, Linux, whatever. You certainly have an active imagination. Michael -- Michael Nelson San Francisco, CA