The program then displays a warning about the consequences
of proceeding with formatting:
WARNING! ALL DATA WILL BE DESTROYED IN
ALL PARTITIONS OF HARD DISK, NOT JUST
IN MS-DOS PARTITION!
Do you want to start formatting (Y/N)?
if there are no tracks with other errors, and you are absolutely
sure that you want to format the hard disk, press Y and
Enter.
The program then asks you once more if you want to continue.
You see this message and prompt:
DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU HAVE BACKUP
DISKETTE COPIES
OF
ALL YOUR FILES.
Do you want to exit and check your
file copies (Y/N)?
When you are certain no valuable data will be destroyed, press
N
and
Enter.
If you cancel formatting at either stage, you see these messages:
Format cancelled.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
If you continue with formatting, you see:
Now formatting...
When formatting is complete, any bad tracks are flagged, and
you see.a series of messages like these:
Format finished.
Flagging bad tracks...
Cylinder is xxxx, head is yy
Format completed.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
E-6
Physically Formatting a Hard Disk
