Option 1, Format

If you select 1 -Formatfrom the Hard Disk Format Menu, you see the following (for a disk that does not have a defective track table):

Format Hard Disk < Drive 1: >

Scan hard disk to get defective track

information ? (Y/N)

(If the disk already has a defective track table, you do not see the message because the disk does not need to be scanned for bad tracks.)

Select Y to scan the disk or N to skip the scanning process.

If you select Y, the program scans the disk and displays these messages during the process:

Scanning for flagged bad tracks...

Head : nnn Cylinder : nnnnn

You see the head and cylinder numbers decrease as the program progresses. After scanning the disk, the program displays the results, such as the following:

Scanning finished.

Count

of tracks flagged bad

EC

1

Count

of

tracks with other errors

=

0

Count

of

good tracks

=

4884

Next you see the following prompt:

Accept recommended skewed sectors in

format : 1 ? (Y/N)

Physically Formatting a Hard Disk D-5