Marking Bad Sectors - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

The new folder l imit takes effect when you reboot your system. During the boot
procedure, a message appears that shows how many extra folders you have
designated and how many bytes of R A M are allocated to the extra folders. Each
folder uses 1 32 bytes of RAM.
Marki ng Bad Sectors
Error messages stating that the data on your disk may be damaged m ight indicate
the presence of bad sectors on your disk. If such error messages frequently appear,
you should check your hard disk for bad sectors. This process identifies and flags
defective areas on the hard disk. Hard disks may develop defective spots after the
drive has been i n use. Once these spots have been logged w ith Markbad, they w i l l
not b e used for your hard disk operations.
The Atari Advanced Hard Disk Utilit ies disk includes two versions of M arkbad.
One version is run automatically during the H DX Format option. This version
operates on the ent i re selected physical unit and erases all data on the disk during
formatti n g .
The other version operates o n the selected logical drive when you r u n the H D X
Markbad option. This version helps you preserve data by lett i ng you deci de
whether or not to erase data containing bad sectors. Both versions of Markbad
display a l og of any bad sectors found. The cumulative tally of bad sectors in the
log appears during subsequent Markbad operations.
Note: You can use the HDX Markbad option on hard disks formatted with a
previous version of HDX.
Display the directory of the HDX folder. Fol low these steps to mark bad sectors on
selected logical dri ves:
1 .
Select HDX.PRG. Then select the
2.
Select a logical drive from t h e Select t h e Logical Drive dialog box.
Markbad
option from the Disk men u .
Advanced Hard Disk Utilities
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