Epson 386/25 Disk, is nnnn, complete, 2-Destructive, surface analysis, check for all tracks, Current cylinder is nnnn, Analyze Hard Disk <Drive 1:

To start this test, select 2-Destructive surface analysis from the Hard Disk Format Menu. You see these messages:

Analyze Hard Disk <Drive 1:>Read/Save/Write/Read/Restore/Readcheck for all tracks...Current cylinder is nnnn

As the program checks each track, it counts the cylinder numbers (nnnn) down to zero. When the test is complete, the program displays a report on the status of the disk, including a table of unflagged tracks that produced write, read errors-such as the following:

Analysis finished.

No write, read error was detected.

No data was destroyed.

Press ENTER to return to the menu.

If the program finds one bad track that is not flagged, the summary would show one track with a write, read error. The report is followed by a table like this:

Write, Read Error Tracks

Cylinder Head Cylinder Head Cylinder Head Cylinder Head

237 2

Confirm to register the tracks in the Write, Read Error Track Table as bad tracks.

Do you want to register the error tracks as bad tracks? (Y/N)

Physically Formatting a Hard Disk C-11