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Modifying the defective track table – Epson EISA Desktop User Manual

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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