Destructive surface analysis – Epson Equity Ie Q50188015-1 User Manual
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If you make a mistake, move the cursor block to the incorrect track, and
press C to alter the track data. Or you can press
D
to remove the track from
the table. Change the track data just like you add a track.
When you have finished editing, check the entries in the table once more.
When you are sure the table is correct, press F.
The program displays a warning about the consequences of proceeding with
formatting, and the remaining steps are exactly the same as for a normal
conditional format.
Destructive Surface Analysis
Use this option to accurately locate any bad tracks on a hard disk, and to
flag any bad tracks that are not flagged.
WARNING: If any errors occur during this check,
all data
on the track
that produces the error is destroyed. For this reason, if you
think that an unflagged bad track is causing trouble, first
run option 4, Non-destructive surface analysis, to check
the disk surface.
This test operates by a complex process of writing, reading, and verifying
information on every track of the hard disk, except for tracks that are
already flagged as bad tracks.
To start the test, press 3 and then
Enter. You see
these messages:
Analyze Hard Disk
Read/Save/Write/Read/Restore/Read check for all
tracks...
Current cylinder is xxxx
As each track is checked, the cylinder number
counts down to zero.
F-8
Formatting
a User-installed Hard Disk