Modifying The Defective Track Table - Epson EISA EISA Desktop Manual Manual

4. The program now allows you to edit the defective track table.
At the bottom of the table is this prompt:
Modify defective track table ? (Y/N)
Select N if you want to leave the table as it is. Then skip the
next section and go to "Formatting the Disk" on page B-9.
To add bad tracks to the defective track table, see the next
section.

Modifying the Defective Track Table

If you select
options at the bottom of the table:
Defective Track Table : Move box cursor to
desired track with cursor key
A = Add track, C = Change track,
D = Delete track, F = Finish editing
Enter command :
To add a bad track, follow these steps:
1. Press IA]. You see this prompt:
Enter cylinder number (1 -
2. Type the number of the cylinder containing the bad track and
press [Enter. You see this prompt:
Enter head number (0 - nn):
3. Type the head number for the bad track and press [Enter. (To
cancel the operation, press m without typing a value.)
When you complete a valid entry, it appears in the table and
you can add the next bad track, if necessary.
to modify the table, you see the following
Y
nnnn):
Formatting a Hard Disk
B - 7