Post #4019703
2026-07-22 21:24 UTC
Low level formating is how the data tracks are layed out on the disk platters, it’s what the drive firmware sees. hdparm and sg_format instruct the disk to rearrange those tracks. High-level formatting is what the OS sees when you run mkfs. It creates a new file system or replaces an existing one.
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@bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 2026-07-28 07:37
And how is the low level format related to subject? (If it is really possible to trigger it by some tool.)