To start this test, select Destructive surface analysis
from the Hard Disk Format Menu. You see these messages:
A n a l y z e H a r d D i s k
Read/Save/Write/Read/Restore/Read
c h e c k f o r a l l t r a c k s . . .
c u r r e n t c y l i n d e r i s
As the program checks each track, it decreases the cylinder
numbers to zero.
When the test is complete, the program displays a report on the
status of the disk, including a table of unflagged tracks that
produced write, read errors-such as the following:
Analysis
Count of tracks flagged bad
Count of tracks with write, read errors
Count of good tracks
No write, read error was detected.
No data was destroyed.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
B-10
Formatting a Hard Disk
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