When the analysis is complete, the program displays a complete report on
the status of the disk, including a table of
unflagged
tracks that produced
write, read errors. For a 20MB hard disk with one flagged bad track, you see
this display:
Analysis finished.
Count of tracks flagged bad
=
Count of tracks with write, read errors
=
;
Count of good tracks
= 2459
No write, read error was detected.
No data was destroyed.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
If the program finds one bad track that is not flagged, the summary above
shows one track with a write, read error, and only 2458 good tracks. The
report is then followed by a table like this:
Write, Read Error Tracks
=:5====::=====:===1===
Cylinder Head Cylinder Head Cylinder Head Cylinder Head
237
2
Confirm to register the tracks in the Write, Read Error
Track Table as bad tracks.
Do you want to register the error tracks as bad tracks (Y/N)?
To flag the error tracks as bad, press Y and Enter. You then see a list of the
tracks as they are flagged. You see these messages:
Flagging bad tracks...
Cylinder is 237, head is 2
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
Press Enter to return to the HARD DISK FORMAT MENU.
Formutting a User-installed Hard Disk F-9