Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!vax5!u2zj From: u2zj@vax5.CCS.CORNELL.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: hard disk going bad Keywords: st251,disk rot Message-ID: <16941@vax5.CCS.CORNELL.EDU> Date: 24 Sep 88 15:38:18 GMT Sender: news@vax5.CCS.CORNELL.EDU Distribution: comp Lines: 8 Will a low level format be likely to help a fixed disk that is going bad? I have a Seagate st251 (40 Mb) disk that has recently begun to sour. (20 bad clusters in the last 2 weeks). My warranty runs out Oct 20. The company says they will "refurbish" it if I send it to them. Is refurbishing in my case (since the disk is readable) just re-formatting? Thanks for any advice.