Formatting the Disk
When you are ready to start formatting the disk, you see the following warning:
WARNING? ALL DATA WILL BE DESTROYED IN ALL PARTITIONS OF HARD DISK, NOT JUST IN
Do you want to start formatting ? (Y/N)
If you are not sure you want to format the hard disk, select N. If you are sure, select Y; the program gives you one more chance to cancel:
DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU HAVE BACKUP DISKETTE COPIES OF ALL YOUR FILES. Do you want to exit and check your file copies ? (Y/N)
Select Y to cancel formatting (and check your backups) or N to continue.
If you continue with formatting, you see:
Format started.
Head : nnn Cylinder : nnnnn
Physically Formatting a Hard Disk |