Standard Formatting - Compaq AlphaServer GS60 Operation Manual

To format a FAT partition
1. Enter AlphaBIOS Setup and select Hard Disk Setup. Press Enter.
2. Select the partition to be formatted (see
3. Press F6. A dialog box displays, asking whether to perform a quick or standard
format (see ). If you select Quick Format, the formatting is completed
immediately, but no bad sectors are mapped. If you select Standard Format, a
dialog box similar to that in Figure 8-23 displays while the drive is formatted,
showing the progress of the formatting. Standard formatting maps bad sectors.
4. Select a format method, and press Enter.
Figure 8-23 Standard Formatting
Disk 0 KZPSX #0, SCSI ID 1
Partition 1
Hard Disk Setup
Disk 0, Partition 1
Formatting...
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ESC=Cancel
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AlphaBIOS Firmware
F1=Help
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