Epson Endeavor WG Formatting the Disk, nnnn, (Y/N), Do you, : nnnnn, Format started, Format finished, Format completed, Disk Format Menu, Flagging bad tracks

Formatting the Disk

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 MS-DOS PARTITION!

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 nnFormat completed.Press ENTER to return to the menu.

Press m to return to the Hard Disk Format Menu.

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