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 or N to continue. If you continue with formatting, you see:
Format started.
Head : nnn Cylinder : nnnnn
You see the head and cylinder numbers decrease as the program progresses.
When formatting is complete, the program flags any bad tracks and you see a series of messages like these:
Format finished.
Flagging bad tracks...
Cylinder is nnnn, head is nn
Format completed.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
Press [‘] to return to the Hard Disk Format Menu.