Starting The Program - Epson Endeavor User Manual

Starting the Program

Follow these steps to start the hard disk formatting program:
1. Insert the Reference diskette in drive A and log onto drive A.
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HDFMTALL
Format Menu:
1 - Format
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- Non-destructive surface analysis
0 - Exit
The option you choose depends on whether you are
formatting a new disk or reformatting a used disk. The
options work as follows:
Format
it has no defective track table) and lets you decide
which tracks to mark as bad. Then it formats the disk
and marks the bad tracks so they are never used to
store data.
disk for read/write errors or unflagged bad tracks and
updates the defective track table. Because this option
writes and reads data on the disk, it destroys all data on
any track that produces an error. Y
on a disk that has never been formatted.
disk for unflagged bad tracks without destroying data.
You cannot run this test on a disk that has never been
format
5-2 Formatting a Hard Disk
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Destructive surface
first scans the disk for defective (bad) tracks (if
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analysis
tests the entire
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