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The next screen allows you to enter the list of bad tracks. The empty bad

track table looks like this:

Bad Track Table

Cylinder Head

Cylinder Head

Cylinder Head

Cylinder Head

Cylinder Head

TABLE EMPTY: A = Add track, F = Finish editing

Enter command letter:

To add a bad track, follow these steps:

1. Press

A.

You see this prompt:

Enter cylinder number (1 - xxxx):

2. Type the number of the cylinder containing the missing bad track, and

press

Enter.

You see this prompt:

Enter head number yy):

3. Type the head number for the bad track, and press

Enter.

The

maximum valid cylinder and head numbers (

XXXX

and yy) vary according

to the type of the hard disk.

To cancel this operation, press

Enter

without entering a value. You see this

message:

Table unchanged.

If you enter an invalid cylinder or head number, a reminder of the range of

values is displayed, and the program asks you to enter the value again.

When you complete a valid entry, it appears in the table, and you can select
another command.

Formatting a

Disk

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