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Caution
If any
errors occur during
this check, all data on the track
that produces the error is destroyed. For this reason, if you
suspect an unflagged bad track is causing trouble,
first run
option 3, Non-destructive surface analysis, to check the disk
surface.
To start this test, select Destructive surface analysis
from the Hard Disk Format Menu, You see these messages:
Analyze Hard Disk
Read/Save/Write/Read/Restore/Read
check for all tracks...
Current cylinder is nnnn
As the program checks each track, it counts the cylinder
numbers (nnnn) down to zero.
When the test is complete, the program displays a disk status
report, such as the following:
Analysis finished.
-I
Count of tracks flagged bad
=
n
Count of tracks with write, read errors
=
n
Count of good tracks
= nnnn
No write,
read error was detected.
No data was destroyed.
Press Enter to return to the menu.
A-10 Physically Formatting a Hard Disk