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passaretti1 · #1 Post by **passaretti1** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:52 pm

hi , i am an italian user , the link for Hard Disk Low-Level Editing Tools didn't work . why ?

#2 Post by **Icecube** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:44 pm

It is because Disk Editor and PTS DiskEditor where hosted on GeoCities, which is closed recently.

You can visit those pages with the wayback machine:
Disk Editor: http://web.archive.org/web/200710241536 ... ctor/7256/
PTS DiskEditor: http://web.archive.org/web/200710110422 ... PTS-DE.htm
Diskman4: http://web.archive.org/web/200505290044 ... yndns.org/

passaretti1 · #3 Post by **passaretti1** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:47 pm

what is the best program for low level format ?

#4 Post by **Icecube** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:51 pm

For wiping your hard drive, use the manuafacturing tools.

passaretti1 · #5 Post by **passaretti1** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:54 pm

Icecube wrote:For wiping your hard drive, use the manuafacturing tools.

the the manuafacturing tools don't work on my machine and the hitachi corp. send me the link of this site(ultimatebootcd.com).
what is the best ?

#6 Post by **Icecube** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:07 pm

Why do you want to do a low level format?

passaretti1 · #7 Post by **passaretti1** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:13 pm

Icecube wrote:Why do you want to do a low level format?

for a lot of reasons , and hitachi tell me that i must do a low level format . which one is the best ?

#8 Post by **Icecube** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:22 pm

If the hitachi tools don't work, I have no idea.
Ask them which utility to run.
You can try HDDerase (but not version 3.1) because it sometimes locks your hard drive.
Download UBCD50b12 or UBCD50R1 (you need some hours of patience for it, uploading now).

passaretti1 · #9 Post by **passaretti1** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:25 pm

the hitachi give my this site and i have to chose between disk editor,pts diskeditor,diskman4

#10 Post by **Icecube** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:03 pm

You need to download the UBCD iso first and burn it. The links are just links to the site from which they are downloaded (you don't need them).

passaretti1 · #11 Post by **passaretti1** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:03 am

Icecube wrote:You need to download the UBCD iso first and burn it. The links are just links to the site from which they are downloaded (you don't need them).

ah ok . then in the .iso there are the program that interest me ?(low level format)

#12 Post by **Icecube** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:56 am

Read: http://ultimatebootcd.com/faq.html

When you have burned the iso (not as file, but as image) and you boot from the CD, you will see a menu, in which you select the "Hard disk tools" ==> Editing tools (or something similar) ":