Toshiba T3200 User Manual page 82

3.16 HARD DISK FORMAT
There are two types of hard disk formatting:
1. Physical formatting
2. Logical formatting
This orogram is for physical formatting of the hard disk; it can
execute the following items.
1. All track FORMAT
2. Good track FORMAT
3. Bad track FORMAT
4. Bad track CHECK
Note: Execution of the program cannot be performed unless the
HDD switch is on.
CAUTION: The contents of the hard disk will be erased when this
program is run. Before running the program, transfer
the contents of the hard disk on to a floppy disk. This
can be done with the MS-DOS BACKUP command. (See the
MS-DOS manual for details.)
3.16.1 proqram description
1. All track FORMAT
Performs physical
shown below.
(Execution time: 15 minutes)
formatting of hard disk in the manner
Sector sequences:
3
Cylinders:
Heads:
Sectors:
o
to 614
o
to 7
1
to 17
Sector length: 512 bytes per sector
MAX. 51 tracks Bad track:
2. Good track FORMAT (Execution time: 1 second)
Executes the formatting of a specified cylinder and track as
a good track.
3. Bad track FORMAT (Execution time: 1 second)
Executes the formatting of a specified cylinder and track as
a bad track.
4. Bad track CHECK
Checks for bad
tracks on the
displayed.
(Execution time: 1 and 1/2 minutes)
tracks by performing a read operation for all
hard disk; a list of bad tracks is then
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