new disk or reformatting a used disk, after physically formatting it, you need to run FDISK and SELECT to prepare the hard disk for use. Follow the instructions in Appendix E.

Formatting and Checking Options

To perform a physical format or to determine if a hard disk needs to be physically reformatted, follow these steps:

1.Insert the Reference diskette in drive A.

2.Turn on or reset the computer. The OPERATION MENU appears.3.Press 2 to select Format hard disk, and then press Enter.The following menu of formatting and checking options appears:

HARD DISK FORMAT MENU

1- Conditional format (Normal)

2- Unconditional format

3- Destructive surface analysis

4- Non-destructive surface analysis

0- Exit

Enter selection number:

These options work as follows:

Conditional format (Normal) scans the disk for bad tracks that have been flagged, formats the disk, and then reflags the bad tracks so they are never used to store data. You cannot perform a Conditional format on a disk that has not already received an Unconditional format.

Unconditional format requires you to enter the tracks to be flagged as bad, and then allows you to edit the list of bad tracks. You can run an Unconditional format on any hard disk.