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Option 1, format – Epson 3865X Plus User Manual

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Option 1, Format

If you select

l-Format

from the Hard Disk Format Menu,

you see the following (for a disk that does not have a 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.)

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

Next you see the following prompt:

Accept recommended skewed sectors in

format

: 1 ? (Y/N)

Physically Formatting a Hard Disk

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