Unconditional format, Hard disk e-7 – Epson 10020 User Manual

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Flagged tracks are identified by xxxx and yy. At this

point,

press

Enter to return to the HARD DISK FORMAT MENU.

If there are any tracks with other errors, scanning stops and you

see this message:

Scanning cancelled.

Warning: This drive has an unflagged

error(s), or is unformatted.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.

Press Enter. This may mean that the drive has never been

formatted or that an error was not flagged. If you want to

format the disk after receiving this message, do the following:

1.

If the drive is not formatted, perform the Unconditional

format (Option 2) and enter any tracks you know are bad in

the Bad Track Table. (See “Unconditional Format” below.)

2. Run the Destructive surface analysis (Option 3) to flag any

remaining bad tracks. (See “Destructive Surface Analysis,”
which appears later in this appendix.)

3.

Run the Conditional format again. No errors should. occur;

if one does, contact the dealer who sold you the disk.

Unconditional Format

Use this option to format your hard disk when you want to

enter the list of bad tracks before formatting begins. The main
difference between unconditional and conditional formatting is

the way in which bad tracks are identified. With the
unconditional format, you must enter the list of bad tracks

before formatting begins.

The Unconditional format can format a hard disk that has

never been formatted or was not formatted properly; the

Conditional format works only on a disk that has already been
formatted.

Physically Formatting a

Hard Disk

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