Epson Apex, User Manual

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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.
Flagged tracks are identified by xxxx and yy. At this point, press
Enter
to return to the HARD DISK FORMAT MENU.
If there are any tracks with other errors, scanning stops and you
see these messages:
Scanning cancelled.
Warning:
This drive has an unflagged
error(s),
or is unformatted.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
Press
Enter.
This may mean that the drive has never been formatted or that
an error was not flagged. If you want to format the disk after
receiving this error message, do the following:
1.
2.
3.
If the drive is not formatted, run the Unconditional format
(option 2) and enter any tracks you know are bad in the
Bad Track Table. (See “Unconditional format” below.)
Run the Destructive surface analysis (option 3) to flag any
remaining bad tracks. (See “Destructive surface analysis”
below.)
Run the Conditional format again. No errors should occur;
if one does, contact the store where you purchased your
computer or call the toll-free Epson number for the location
of your nearest Authorized Epson Customer Care Center.
B-6 Preparing a Hard Disk For Use