Section 6: Formatting The Hard Disk - Everex Everdisk Owner's Manual And Reference Manual

Section 6: Formatting the Hard Disk
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Unlike floppy diskettes, formatting a hard disk drive is a
three-step process: physical formatting, drive partitioning, and
logical formatting.
Physical formatting arranges the
information on the disk media and marks the bad sectors on
the hard disk. Disk partitioning defines a disk space where
information can be stored. Logical formatting prepares the
partition with information so that DOS can read and write
data to and from that partition.
Everex Systems has included with your EVERDISK hard
disk subsystem the EVERDISK utility diskette (Version 3.0
or later), which contains programs that will perform the
three steps needed to format your hard disk drive. You will
also need a DOS system diskette in order to format your
hard disk.
NOTE: Before you begin to format your hard disk, please note
the list provided by the drive manufacturer which lists the bad
tracks on the drive. This list is usually a computer print-out
taped to the drive itself; often it is a sticker on the metal side
of the drive. KEEP THIS LIST, as you will need it to format
the drive.
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