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When formatting is complete, the program flags any bad tracks
and you see a series of messages like these:
Format finished.
Flagging bad tracks...
Cylinder is
nann,
head is
zm
Format completed.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
Press
m
to return to the Hard Disk Format Menu.
Option 2, Destructive Surface Analysis
You can
performa Distructive surface analysis
of your hard
disk to accurately locate any bad tracks and flag them, if they
are not flagged. The test writes, reads, and verifies information
on every track of the hard disk, except for tracks that are
already flagged as bad.
Caution
If any errors occur during this check, all data on the track
that caused the error is destroyed. If you think that an
unflagged bad track is causing trouble, first
run the
Nondestructive surface analysis to check the disk surface.
To
start this test, select Destructive surf
ace
analysis
from the Hard Disk Format Menu. You see these messages:
Analyze Hard Disk <Drive II:>
Read/Save/Write/Read/Restore/Read
check for all tracks...
Current cylinder is
nnnn
Formatting a Hard Disk
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