Epson EQUITY II+, User Manual

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To flag the error tracks as bad, press Y and
Enter.
You then see a list of
the tracks as they are flagged. You see these messages:
Flagging
bad tracks...
Cylinder is 237, head is 2
Press
ENTER
to return to the menu.
Press
Enter
to return to the HARD DISK FORMAT MENU.
Non-destructive Surface Analysis
The Non-destructive surface analysis is slightly simpler than the
Destructive surface analysis described in the previous section. This option
does not destroy any data, and can safely be used to check the condition of
your hard disk drives. However, this test will not flag any bad tracks that are
detected.
To start the test, press 4 and then
Enter. You
see these messages:
Analyze Hard Disk
Read/Verify check for all tracks...
Current cylinder is xxxx
As each track is checked, the current cylinder is displayed. The cylinder
number counts down to zero as the disk is checked.
When the analysis is complete, the program displays a summary of the
status of the disk. This summary lists these counts:
l
Flagged bad tracks
l
Tracks with read, verify errors
l
Good tracks.
If no errors occur, you see this message:
No read, verify error was detected.
If errors are found, the program displays a table of the tracks that gave
errors, similar to the one displayed by the destructive analysis.
After the status reports you see this message:
Press ENTER to return
to the menu.
Check the information displayed, then press
Enter.
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