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Formatting a new disk, Starting the formatting process – Epson 10020 User Manual

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Formatting a New Disk

Many hard disk drives are supplied with a list of bad tracks but

without the bad tracks flagged on the disk. Other hard disks are

supplied with the bad tracks already flagged. If you are
formatting a new hard disk that may not have been formatted,
follow these steps:

1.

Run the Conditional format to see if the disk has been

formatted. if you see the message “This drive has unflagged

error(s) or is unformatted,” you need to run the

Unconditional format; go on to step 2.

If these messages do not appear and you see a count of the

flagged tracks and good tracks, do the following:

If the count of flagged bad tracks matches the number

of bad tracks on the list that came with the disk, the

disk has been formatted properly and you do not need

to do anything else. You can cancel formatting at this

point.

If the list of bad tracks provided with the disk contains

bad tracks but the Conditional format does not detect

any bad tracks, go on to step 2.

2.

Cancel the Conditional format and run the Unconditional

format to format the disk and flag the bad tracks manually.

Starting the Formatting Process

To begin formatting, type the number of the option you want

and press Enter.

E-4 Physically Formatting a Hard Disk