Epson 386SX - Manual (Page 243)

To
start
this test, select
2-Destructive surface
analysis
from the Hard Disk Format Menu. You see these
messages:
Analyze Hard Disk <Drive 1:>
Read/Save/Write/Read/Restore/Read
check for all tracks...
Current cylinder is nnnn
As the program checks each track, it counts the cylinder
numbers (nnnn) down 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
n
Count of tracks with write, read errors =
n
Count of good tracks
= nnnn
No write, read error was detected.
No data was destroyed.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
If the program finds one bad track that is not flagged, the
summary would show one track with a write, read error. The
report is followed by a table like this:
Write, Read Error Tracks
Cylinder Head Cylinder Head C y l i n d e r H e a d Cylinder Head
I
Confirm to register the tracks in the Read Error Track
as tracks.
Do you want to register the tracks as bad tracks?
Physically Formatting a Hard Disk D-11