T o s t a r t t h i s t e s t , s e l e c t analysis from the Hard Disk messages:
2 - D e s t r u c t i v e s u r f a c e Format Menu. You see these
Analyze Hard Disk <Drive 1:>
Read/Save/Write/Read/Restore/Read
check 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
Analysis finished. |
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Count | of | tracks | flagged bad | = | n |
Count | of | tracks | with write, read errors | = | n |
Count of good tracks | = | nnnn | |||
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:
| w r i t e , Read Error | Tracks |
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Cylinder | Head Cylinder Head Cylinder | Head Cylinder Head |
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237 | 2 |
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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 |