Option 1, Format - Epson 486SX User Manual

Option 1, Format

If you select
see the following (for a disk with no defective track table):
Format Hard Disk
Scan hard disk to get defective track
information
(If the disk already has a defective track table, you do not see
the message because the disk does not need to be scanned for
bad tracks.)
1. Select Y to scan the disk or N to skip the scanning process.
If you select
these messages during the process:
Scanning for flagged
Head : nnn
You see the head and cylinder numbers decrease as the
program progresses. After scanning the disk, the program
displays the results, such as the following:
Scanning finished.
Count of tracks flagged bad
Count of tracks
Count of good tracks
2. Next you see the following prompt:
Accept recommended skewed sectors in
format
from the Hard Disk Format Menu, you
Format
? (Y/N)
the program scans the disk and displays
,
Y
Cylinder : nnnnn
: 1 ? (Y/N)
Physically Formatting a Hard Disk
< Drive 1: >
tracks...
bad
with other errors
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1
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