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Formatting
Formatting
the
hard
disk
creates
magnetic
patterns called tracks
and
sectors,
marks and
logs
bad
sectors
to
be
avoided
during your
hard
disk
operations,
and
divides the
hard
disk
into
storage areas
called
partitions
or logical drives.
Follow these
instructions
to
format
a
drive.
1.
Display a
directory
of
a
working copy
of
the
Atari
Hard
Disk
Utilities
disk
and
select
HDX.PRG
from
the
HDX
folder.
Then
select the
Format
option
from
the Disk
menu
to
run the
HDX
program.
2.
Read
the
alert
message
that
appears on
screen.
A's
Fornat
a
Physical Unit
M
HORNING!
Formatting
a
physical unit will
destroy
all
information
on
it,
The system will reboot when
you
quit
HDX,
I
OK
I
I
CANCEL
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