Hard Disk Format - Toshiba 400CS User Manual

3.19 Hard Disk Format

This command executes hard disk formatting. There are two types of hard-disk formatting:
Low-level (physical) formatting
MS-DOS (logical) formatting
This hard disk format function performs a low-level format of the hard disk and executes the
following hard disk formats and check:
1. All track FORMAT
2. Good track FORMAT
3. Bad track FORMAT
4. Bad track CHECK
NOTE: The contents of the hard disk will be erased when this program is
executed. Before executing the function, transfer the contents of the hard
disk onto a floppy disk(s). This can be done with the BACKUP in the Toshiba
Companion Utility. See the Toshiba MS-DOS manual for details.
3.19.1 Function Description
1. All track FORMAT
This option performs a low-level format of all the tracks on the hard disk as shown
in Table 3-5 below:
NOTE: Before executing the all track format option, check for bad tracks
using the Bad Track CHECK option or display a list of bad tracks on the
HDD.
Storage capacity (MB)
400 Series
Table 3-5 Hard disk formatting sequence
Items
Formatted
Number of disks
Data heads
Data surfaces
Bytes per sector
Rotation speed (rpm)
Recording method
(MK1926FCV)
815
3
6
6
512
4200
8-9 RLL
3-41