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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