Epson 386/25 - Manual (Page 238)

Formatting a New Disk
Many hard disk drives come with a printed list of bad tracks but
the bad tracks are not flagged on the disk. You may need to
modify the defective track table to add the bad tracks. Other
hard disks (such as those supplied by Epson) come with the bad
tracks already flagged. If you are formatting a new hard disk that
has never been formatted, select the l-Format option to
format the disk.
Selecting an Option
When using this program, you often need to select an option
from a menu. There are two ways to do this:
❏ You can use the arrow keys( to highlight the
option and press Enter.
❏ You can type the number of the option and press Enter.
You can select almost any option that appears on the screen
using either of these two methods.
Starting the Formatting Process
If you have more than one hard disk drive, you see this prompt:
Enter drive number ? (1/2)
Select 1 for the first hard disk or 2 for the second hard disk.
Then see the instructions below for the Hard Disk Format Menu
option you want to use.
C-4 Physically Formatting a Hard Disk