Hard Disk Format - Toshiba T1950 User Manual

3.16 Hard Disk Format

The hard disk format function performs a low-level (physical) format of the hard disk and
executes the following track formats and check:
1. All track FORMAT
2. Good track FORMAT
3. Bad track FORMAT
4. Bad track CHECK
CAUTION: The contents of the hard disk will be erased when this program is ex-
ecuted. Before executing the function, transfer the contents of the hard disk onto a
floppy disk(s). This can be done with the Toshiba MS-DOS BACKUP command. See
the Toshiba MS-DOS manual for details.
3.16.1 Function Description
1. All track FORMAT
This option performs a low-level format of all the tracks on the hard disk as
shown in Table 3-6 below:
NOTE: Before executing the All Track FORMAT option, check for bad
tracks using the Bad Track CHECK option or display a list of bad tracks
on the HDD.
Item
Sector Sequences
Cylinders
Heads
Sectors
Sector Length (bps)
Table 3-6 Hard Disk Formatting Sequence
80 MB
(MK1422FCV) (CP2124)
1
0~987 0~761
0~9 0~7
1~17 1~39
512 512
120 MB
(MK2124FC)
1 1
0~933
0~15
1~17
512
200 MB
(MK2224FC)
1
0~683
0~15
1~38
512
3-37