Reformatting A Used Disk; Selecting An Option; Selecting A Drive - Epson NX Service Manual

a New
Fomatting
To format a new hard disk that has never been formatted, select the Format option. You
may need to modify the defective track table to add bad tracks when you format the disk
Many hard disk drives come with a printed list of bad tracks, but the bad tracks am not
flagged on the disk Other hard disks (such as Epson's disks) come with the bad tracks
already flagged.

Reformatting a Used Disk

To reformat a disk you have been using, follow these steps:
Use the Non-destructive surface analysis option to check for unflagged
1
bad tracks.
If errors occur during the non-destructive surface analysis, back up your hard disk to
2
diskettes.
Run the Destructive surface analysis option to update the defective track
3
table.
4 Run the Format option to format the disk.

Selecting an Option

When you use this program, you often need to select an option from a menu. There am two
ways to do this:
Use the arrow keys (
Type the number of the option and press Enter.
You can select almost any option that appears on the screen using either method.
Selecting Drive
If you have more than one hard disk drive, you see this prompt:
Enter drive
1
Select for the first hard disk or
for the Hard Disk Format Menu option you want to use.
Disk
) to highlight the option and press Enter.
number
? (l/2)
2
for the second hard disk Then see the instructions below
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