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4.
The program now allows you to edit the defective track table.
At the bottom of the table is this prompt:
Modify defective track table ? (Y/N)
Select
N
to leave the table as it is. Then skip the following
section and go to “Formatting the Disk” on page A-8.
To add bad tracks to the defective track table, see the next
section.
Modifying the Defective Track Table
If you select
Y
to modify the table, you see the following
options at the bottom of the table:
Defective Track Table : Move box cursor to
desired track with cursor key
A=
Add track, C = Change track,
D
= Delete track, F = Finish editing
Enter command :
To add a bad track, follow these steps:
1.
Press [Al. You see this prompt:
Enter cylinder number (1 - nnnn):
2.
Type the number of the cylinder containing the bad track
and press [Enter. You see this prompt:
Enter head number (0 - nn):
3.
Type the head number for the bad track and press
[Enter.
To cancel the operation, press
[Enter]
without typing a value.
Physically Formatting a Hard Disk A-7