Formatting a New Disk
Many hard disk drives come with a printed list of bad tracks but the bad tracks are not flagged on the disk. You may need to modify the defective track table to add the bad tracks. Other hard disks (such as those supplied by Epson) come with the bad tracks already flagged. If you are formatting a new hard disk that has never been formatted, select the
Selecting an Option
When using this program, you often need to select an option from a menu. There are two ways to do this:
Cl You can use the arrow keys (? 1 t
0 You can type the number of the option and press Enter.
You can select almost any option that appears on the screen while you are formatting the disk using either of these two methods. Therefore, when the instructions in this appendix tell you to select an option, you can either use the arrow keys (? 1 t +) to highlight the option or you can type the number of the option. Then press Enter. (You must press Enter to start the operation.)
Starting the Formatting Process
If you have more than one hard disk drive, you see this prompt:
Enter drive number ? (1/2)
Select 1 for the first hard disk or 2 for the second hard disk. Then see the instructions below for the Hard Disk Format Menu option you want to use.