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
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.