Option 1, format, Option i, format – Epson EISA Desktop User Manual

Page 124

Advertising
background image

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 for flagged bad tracks...

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 tracks with 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

B - 5

Advertising