Low-level format utilities/HDD checker, recommendations?

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His Royal Majesty King V
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Low-level format utilities/HDD checker, recommendations?

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Preferably free, of course.....<br><br>My issue is an older 4.3GB Maxtor HDD . . DOS format utility claims it's got a bunch of bad sectors on it . . but I've heard rumors that sometimes the MS format utilities just don't try very hard.<br><br>I'd like to start off by doing a low-level format, fdisk, then format again . . and if that doesn't work I'd heard (from a Seagate tech) that there are other utilities out there that will go through and make sure of whether or not sectors/clusters/whatever are really good or bad before writing them off as hopeless.<br><br>Guidance anyone? I know the drive isn't much, but it's some free storage, and having it on an older computer would be pretty convenient.<br><br> <p><hr>FIC PA-2013 rev 2.1, K6-III+ 450 @ 600 2.0V<br>Asus SP97-V, K6-III 333 @ 366 2.2V<br>M-Tech M549, K6-2 400<br>Others doing a parts-shuffle</p><i></i>
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