Caution
The hard disk format procedure destroys any data on your hard disk.
You may want to reformat a hard disk if you have a serious problem with the drive. However, before formatting a disk with data on it, try every other recovery procedure described in your
Note
If you do not enter a bad track list before you format the disk, the format program analyzes the surface of the hard disk to determine the bad tracks.
Media Analysis
This test identifies the bad tracks on the hard disk by analyzing the surface of the disk to find them. The program uses three different bit patterns; formatting the disk, marking the bad tracks, and displaying the bad track list.
Caution
The Media analysis test destroys any data on your hard disk.
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