Epson 486SX - Manual (Page 147)

Option 1, Format
If you select
Format
from the Hard Disk Format Menu, you
see the following (for a disk with no defective track table):
Format Hard Disk < Drive 1: >
Scan hard disk to get defective track
information ? (Y/N)
(If the disk already has a defective track table, you do not see
the message because the disk does not need to be scanned for
bad tracks.)
1. Select Y to scan the disk or N to skip the scanning process.
If you select
Y ,
the program scans the disk and displays
these messages during the process:
Scanning for flagged bad tracks...
Head
: nnn
Cylinder
: nnnnn
You see the head and cylinder numbers decrease as the
program progresses. After scanning the disk, the program
displays the results, such as the following:
Scanning finished.
Count of tracks flagged bad
=
1
Count of tracks with other errors = 0
Count of good tracks = 4884
2. Next you see the following prompt:
Accept recommended skewed sectors in
format : 1 ? (Y/N)
Physically Formatting a Hard Disk A-5