Option I, Format

If you select Format from the Hard Disk Format Menu, you see the following (for a disk with no defective track table):

Format Hard Disk < Drive n: >Scan hard disk to get defective track information? (Y/N)

(If the disk already has a defective track table, you do not see this because you do not need to scan for bad tracks.)

1.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 forflagged badtracks...

Head : n n n

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

=

1

Count

of trackswith other errors =

0

Count

of good tracks

=

4 8 8 4

2.Next you see the following prompt:Accept recommended skewed sectors in format : 1 ? (Y/N)

Formatting a Hard Disk

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