The program then displays a warning about the consequences of proceeding with formatting:

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 there are no tracks with other errors, and you are absolutely sure that you want to format the hard disk, press Y and Enter. The program then asks you once more if you want to continue. You see this message and prompt:

DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU HAVE BACKUP DISKETTE COPIES OF ALL YOUR FILES.

Do you want to exit and check your file copies (Y/N)?

When you are certain no valuable data will be destroyed, press N and Enter.

If you cancel formatting at either stage, you see these messages:

Format cancelled.Press ENTER to return to the menu.

If you continue with formatting, you see:

Now formatting...

When formatting is complete, any bad tracks are flagged, and you see.a series of messages like these:

Format finished. Flagging bad tracks...

Cylinder is xxxx, head is yy Format completed.

Press ENTER to return to the menu.

E-6 Physically Formatting a Hard Disk