Epson Q50188015-1 Personal Computer User Manual


 
The next screen allows you to enter the list of bad tracks. The empty bad
track table looks like this:
Bad Track Table
Cylinder Head
Cylinder Head
Cylinder Head
Cylinder Head
Cylinder Head
TABLE EMPTY: A = Add track, F = Finish editing
Enter command letter:
To add a bad track, follow these steps:
1.
Press
A.
You see this prompt:
Enter cylinder number (1 - xxxx):
2.
Type the number of the cylinder containing the missing bad track, and
press
Enter.
You see this prompt:
Enter head number
(@
-
yy):
3.
Type the head number for the bad track, and press Enter. The
maximum valid cylinder and head numbers (
XXXX
and yy) vary according
to the type of the hard disk.
To cancel this operation, press
Enter
without entering a value. You see this
message:
Table unchanged.
If you enter an invalid cylinder or head number, a reminder of the range of
values is displayed, and the program asks you to enter the value again.
When you complete a valid entry, it appears in the table, and you can select
another command.
Formatting a
User~instulled
Hard
Disk
F-7