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Option 1, Format
If you select
1 -Format
from the Hard Disk Format Menu,
you see the following (for a disk that does not have a defective
track
table):
Format Hard Disk
< Drive 1: >
Scan hard disk to get defective track
information
? (Y/N)
(If the disk already has a defective track table, you do not see
the message because the disk does not need to be scanned for
bad tracks.)
Select
Y
to scan the disk or
N
to skip the scanning process.
If you select
Y,
the program scans the disk and displays these
messages during the process:
Scanning for flagged bad tracks...
Head
: nnn Cylinder : nnnnn
You see the head and cylinder numbers decrease as the program
progresses. After scanning the disk, the program displays the
results, such as the following:
Scanning finished.
Count of tracks flagged bad
=
1
Count of tracks with other errors
=
0
Count of good tracks
=
4884
Next you see the following prompt:
Accept recommended skewed sectors in
format
: 1 ? (Y/N)
Physically Formatting a
Hard Disk
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