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When you finish adding all the bad tracks, press
m
without
typing a value. Then check the entries in the defective track
table. When you are sure the table is correct, press
[Fl.
The
program displays a warning about the consequences of
proceeding with formatting, as described in the next section.
Formatting the Disk
When you are ready to start formatting the disk, you see the
following warning:
WARNING! ALL DATA WILL BE DESTROYED IN ALL
PARTITIONS OF HARD DISK, NOT JUST IN MS-DOS
PARTITION!
Do you want to start formatting ? (Y/N)
If you are not sure you want to format the hard disk, select
N.
If
you are sure, select
Y
;
the program gives you one more chance
to cancel:
DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU HAVE BACKUP DISKETTE
COPIES OF ALL YOUR FILES.
Do you want to exit and check your file
copies ? (Y/N)
select
Y
to
Cancel
formatting or
N
to continue.
If you continue with formatting, you see:
Format started.
Head
:
mm
Cylinder :
nnnnn
You see the head and cylinder numbers decrease as the
program progresses.
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Formatting a Hard Disk