Option 3, Non-Destructive Surface Analysis - Epson 3865X Plus User Manual

To flag the error tracks as bad, select
tracks as they are flagged and these messages:
Flagging bad tracks...
Cylinder is 237, head is 2
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
Enter
Press

Option 3, Non-destructive Surface Analysis

The Non-destructive surface analysis does not destroy any data,
and you can use it to safely check the condition of your hard
disk drive. However, this test does not flag any bad tracks it
detects.
T o s t a r t t h e t e s t , s e l e c t 3 - N o n - d e s t r u c t i v e s u r f a c e
analysis from the Hard Disk Format Menu. You see these
messages:
Analyze Hard Disk
Read/Verify check for all tracks...
Current cylinder is nnnn
As the program checks each track, it counts the cylinder
numbers down to zero. When the test is complete, the program
displays a report on
Analysis finished.
Count of tracks flagged bad
Count of tracks with read, verify errors =
Count of good tracks
No read, verify error was detected.
C-12 Physically Formatting a Hard Disk
to return to the Hard Disk Format Menu.
the status
Y. You see a list of the
<Drive 1:>
of the disk, such as the following:
n
n
= nnnn