Epson EISA Desktop - Manual (Page 126)

4. The program now allows you to edit the defective track table.
At the bottom of the table is this prompt:
Modify defective track table ? (Y/N)
Select N if you want to leave the table as it is. Then skip the
next section and go to “Formatting the Disk” on page B-9.
To add bad tracks to the defective track table, see the next
section.
Modifying the Defective Track Table
If you select
Y
to modify the table, you see the following
options at the bottom of the table:
Defective Track Table : Move box cursor to
desired track with cursor key
A = Add track, C = Change track,
D = Delete track, F = Finish editing
Enter command :
To add a bad track, follow these steps:
1. Press You see this prompt:
Enter cylinder number (1 -
nnnn):
2. Type the number of the cylinder containing the bad track and
press You see this prompt:
Enter head number (0 - nn):
3. Type the head number for the bad track and press [Enter. (To
cancel the operation, press without typing a value.)
When you complete a valid entry, it appears in the table and
you can add the next bad track, if necessary.
Formatting a Hard Disk B - 7