Option 2, Destructive Surface Analysis - Epson Equity 386/25 User Manual

You see the head and cylinder numbers decrease as the program
progresses. When formatting is complete, the program flags any
bad tracks and you see a series of messages like these:
Format
Flagging bad tracks...
Cylinder is nnnn, head is
Format
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
Press Enter to return to the Hard Disk Format Menu.

Option 2, Destructive Surface Analysis

You can perform a Destructive surface analysis of your hard disk
to accurately locate any bad tracks, and flag any bad tracks that
are not flagged.
The Destructive surface analysis operates by a complex process
of writing, reading, and verifying information on every track of
the hard disk, except for tracks that are already flagged as bad
tracks.
E-1O Physically Formatting a Hard
finished.
completed.
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Disk