You see the Hard Disk Format Menu:1 - Format2 - Destructive surface analysis3 - N o n - d e s t r u c t i v e s u r f a c e a n a l y s i s0- E x i t

The option you choose depends on whether you are formatting a new disk or reformatting a used disk. The options work as follows:

Ll Format first scans the disk for defective (bad) tracks (if it has no defective track table) and lets you decide which tracks to mark as bad. Then it formats the disk and marks the bad tracks so they are never used to store data.

Ll Destructive surface analysis tests the entire disk for read/write errors or unflagged bad tracks and updates the defective track table. Because this option writes and reads data on the disk, it destroys all data on any track that produces an error. You cannot run this test

on a disk that has never been formatted.

c1 Non-destructive surface analysis checksthe disk for unflagged bad tracks without destroying data.

You cannot run this test on a disk that has never been formatted.

Formatting a New Disk

To format a new hard disk that has never been formatted, select the Format option. You may need to modify the defective track table to add bad tracks when you format the disk. Many hard disk drives come with a printed list of bad tracks, but the bad tracks are not flagged on the disk. Other hard disks (such as Epson disks) come with the bad tracks already flagged.

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