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Thx ady. It might not be called a low level format anymore, but that's what it is.... what I'm doing a "secure erase" (DOD specs) which writes to each and every space on the HDD, reads it back, then writes it again. This obviously takes a long time on the huge drives of today (even a dskch...

I have a failing HDD and it corrupted Windows Backup/Restore function. I’m currently doing a low level format to try to fix any HDD errors (hopefully, but new drives ordered anyway!) but I could use some help. I copied all my data files to my newer PC and since the failing HDD also had a virus, I ra...