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1.
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
:
mm
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
2.
Next you see the following prompt:
Accept recommended skewed sectors in
format
: 1 1 (Y/N)
For an Epson hard disk drive, it is best to accept the
recommended skewed sector (also called the interleave
factor) of 1, since this setting allows your drive to perform
more efficiently. For other hard disk drives, you may need
to change this value if the documentation that came with
the disk recommends a different number.
To accept the default, select
Y
.
Then go to step 3.
To enter a new value, select
N.
You see the following prompt:
Enter new skewed sectors in
format (1-16):
Enter the recommended number, which equals the maximum
sector number for the drive minus 1. Then press
[En(wl.
Formatting a Hard Disk
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