Diagnostics
qThe program scans the drive for tracks that have already been marked as
bad and adds them to the bad track table.
qEach track of the hard disk is reformatted using the current interleave
value.
qEach track in the bad track table is reformatted as bad so that it cannot
be used.
qThe program performs a surface analysis on the media, reformats any
additional bad tracks as bad, and adds them to the list.
Using this option is equivalent to performing a scan for bad tracks operation (F5),
followed by a format unformatted drive operation (F7), followed by an analyze hard disk
operation (F6). The only differences are that all three operations are done automatically
and the surface analysis performed is not as thorough or as time-consuming as that
performed when you select F6.
If the bad track table from the manufacturer is available when the reformat of the drive is
done, enter that map before this operation is performed. This ensures that all tracks in
that list are reformatted as bad regardless of whether or not they are found by the scan for
bad track part of this operation.
After Format is Complete
The Hard Disk Format commands perform low level format operations on the hard disk
drives. After these operations are complete, insert the MS-DOS 5.0 Disk I floppy into the
floppy drive and reboot the computer. Follow the instructions displayed to install MS-
DOS and utilities onto the hard disk. If you are using another operating system, see its
documentation for formatting and installation instructions.
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