Toshiba T2100 Series Maintenance Manual page 89

2. Good track FORMAT
This option formats a specified cylinder and track as a good track. If a good track
is formatted as a bad track, use this option to change the track to a good track.
3. Bad track FORMAT
This option formats a specified cylinder and track as a bad track. If a bad track is
detected, use this option to label it as a bad track.
4. Bad track CHECK
This option searches the hard disk for bad tracks by reading data to all the tracks
on the hard disk. A list of bad tracks is displayed when the program is complete.
If an error other than a bad track is detected, the program is automatically termi-
nated.
3.17.2 Operations
CAUTION: After the HDD has been formatted, execute the Toshiba MS-DOS FDISK
command to partition the HDD. Next, execute the Toshiba MS-DOS FORMAT
command. Refer to the Toshiba MS-DOS manual for more information about using
these commands.
Selecting TEST 2 and pressing Enter in the DIAGNOSTIC MENU displays the following
messages:
DIAGNOSTICS - HARD DISK FORMAT : VX.XX
1 - All track FORMAT
2 - Good track FORMAT
3 - Bad track FORMAT
4 - Bad track CHECK
9 - Go to TEST MENU
↑ → ↓ ← : Select items, Enter: Finish, Esc: Exit
1. All track FORMAT
Pressing 1 selects All track FORMAT, which lets you format the entire disk.
[All track FORMAT]
Drive
Cylinder :
Head
Sector
<<< Model name =
T2100 Series
: #1 = HDD
XXXX
: XX
: XX
>>>
#2 = Non
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