North Star DIMENSION Service Manual page 132

DIAGNOSTICS
Service Diskette #2 (cont.)
Test
Options
(cont.)
Note: You must make entries to the Bad Track Table
using the cylinder and head number of the bad track.
Option D (Display the Bad Track Table); use this
option to list the bad tracks entered on the Bad
Track Table.
Note: You are able to display the Bad Track Table
only before formatting and labeling the fixed disk.
Option R (Remove a bad track); use this option to
correct incorrect entries in the Bad Track Table.
Note: You must use bad track reference numbers--not
head and cylinder locations--when removing entries
from the Bad Track Table.
Option F (Format the disk and write a label with
changes); use this option to format and write a new
label to the fixed disk. Use of this option saves
manual entries made to the Bad Track Table before
formatting. This option returns you to the main
menu after the disk has been formatted and labeled.
Option X (Exit to the Main Menu (without saving
changes). Use this option to leave the Activity
Menu and recall the DIMENSION DOS command
prompt.
Option E - You may safely position the heads of the
fixed disk drive by selecting option E. This option
rotates the head mechanism so the heads are positioned
over an area of the disk that does not contain data.
Use this option before transporting or shipping a fixed
disk drive.
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