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If the program finds an unflagged bad track, the report is
followed by a table like this:
Writm,
Read
lkror
Tracks
Cylinder
HoadCylindor
Emad
Cylinder
EerdCylWder
Head
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2
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bad tracks?
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To flag these tracks as bad, select
Y
. You see a list of the tracks
as they are flagged. When the process is complete, press
[Enbrl
to return to the Hard Disk Format Menu.
Option 3, Non-destructive Surface Analysis
The Non-destructive
surface analysis
does not destroy any
data, and you can use it to safely check the condition of your
hard disk drive. However, this test does not flag any bad tracks
it
detects.
To start the test, select Non-destructive surface
analysis from the Hard Disk Format Menu. You see these
messages:
Analyze Hard Disk <Drive
9:~
Read/Verify
check for all tracks...
Current cylinder is
nnnn
5-10
Formatting a Hard Disk