As the program checks each track, it decreases the cylinder numbers to zero.

When the test is complete, the program displays a report on the status of the disk, including a table of unflagged tracks that produced write, read errors-such as the following:

Analysis finished.
Count

of

tracks flagged bad

=

P

Count of tracks with write, readerrors =

n

Count

of

good tracks

=-

No write, read error was detected.No data was destroyed.Press m to return to the menu.

If the program finds an unflagged bad track, the report is followed by a table like this:

Write. Read Error Tracka

Cylinder Read cylinder Head cylinder Head Cylinder Bead

a37 a

Confirm to register the track8 in the Write, Mad Brror Track Table as bad tracks.

Do you want to register the error tracks as bad track67 (Y/W)

To flag these tracks as bad, select Y. You see a list of the tracks as they are flagged. When the process is complete, press [Enbr) to return to the Hard Disk Format Menu.

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