User Guide

100CS 3-37

3.17 Hard Disk Format

This command executes hard disk formatting. There are two types of hard-disk formatting:

❑ Low-level (physical) formatting

❑ MS-DOS (logical) formatting

This hard disk format function performs a low-level format of the hard disk and executes the

following hard disk formats and check:

1. All track FORMAT

2. Good track FORMAT

3. Bad track FORMAT

4. Bad track CHECK

NOTE: The contents of the hard disk will be erased when this program is

executed. Before executing the function, transfer the contents of the hard

disk onto a floppy disk(s). This can be done with the BACKUP in the

Toshiba Companion Utility. See the Toshiba MS-DOS manual for details.

3.17.1 Function Description

1. All track FORMAT

This option performs a low-level format of all the tracks on the hard disk as shown

in Table 3-5 below:

NOTE: Before executing the all track format option, check for bad tracks

using the Bad Track CHECK option or display a list of bad tracks on the

HDD.

Table 3-5 Hard disk formatting sequence

Items Toshiba MK1924FCV IBM DBOA-2528

Storage capacity (million byte)

Formatted 528 528

Number of disks 2 2

Data heads 4 3

Data surfaces 4 4

Bytes per sector 512 512

Rotation speed (rpm) 4200 4000

Recording method 8-9 RLL 1-7 RLL