low level format?

[wesley]

hi guys

what does low level format do to the hard drive?

got a laptop here, the hard drive is S-L-O-W! used Hitachi fitness from Hitachi website, passed quick and long test. wondered if low level format will fix the speed?

cheers

 

[wesley]

its a client's laptop, 40GB 4200rpm, MUCH slower than any laptops i've used. i think the hard drive is faulty. cant boot up to XP.

cheers anyway