Toshiba T4500 User Manual page 90

T4500/T4500C ... 80, 120, 200 MB
T4600/T4600C ... 120, 200, 320 MB
2. Good Track FORMAT
This option formats a specified cylinder and track as a good track. If a good track is
formatted as a bad track, use this option to change the track to a good track.
3. Bad Track FORMAT
This option formats a specified cylinder and track as a bad track. If a bad track is
detected, use this option to label it as a bad track.
4. Bad Track CHECK
This option searches the hard disk for bad tracks by reading data to all the tracks on the
hard disk. A list of bad tracks is displayed when the program is complete. If an error
other than a bad track is detected, the program is automatically terminated.
3.16.2 Operations
CAUTION: The contents of the hard disk will be erased when this program is executed.
Before executing the function, transfer the contents of the hard disk onto a backup system.
This can be done with the Toshiba MS-DOS BACKUP command. See the Toshiba MS-DOS
manual for details about using the BACKUP command.
Select Test 2 (Hard Disk Format) from the DIAGNOSTIC MENU and press Enter. The
following messages display:
DIAGNOSTICS - HARD DISK FORMAT : VX.XX
Press [NUMBER] key
1. All Track FORMAT
Pressing 1 selects All track FORMAT, which lets you format the entire disk.
1 - All track FORMAT
2 - Good track FORMAT
3 - Bad track FORMAT
4 - Bad track CHECK
9 - Go to Test MENU
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