Epson NX, Service Manual

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Option 1, Format
If you select
Format
from the Hard Disk Format Menu, you see the following (for a disk
with no defective track table):
Format Hard Disk < Drive n: >
Scan hard disk to get defective track information? (Y/N)
(If the disk already has a defective track table, you do not see this because you do not need
to scan for bad tracks.)
1
Enter Y to scan the disk or to skip the scanning process.
If you select Y, the program scans the disk and displays these messages during the
process:
Scanning for flagged bad tracks...
Head : nnn Cylinder : nnnnn
You see the head and cylinder numbers decrease as the program progresses. After
scanning the disk, the program displays the results, such as the following:
Scanning finished.
Count of tracks flagged bad
=
1
Count of tracks with other errors =
0
Count of good tracks = 4884
2
Next you see the following prompt:
recomnended skewed sectors in
format
: 1 ? (Y/N)
For a hard disk drive installed by Epson , it is best to accept the recommended skewed
sector (also called the interleave factor) of 1, since this setting allows your drive to
perform more efficiently. For other hard disk drives, you may need to change this
value if the documentation that came with the disk recommends a different number.
To accept the default, select
Y.
Then go to step 3.
To enter a new value, select You see the following prompt:
Enter new skewed sectors in format (l-16):
Enter the recommended number, which equals the maximum sector number for the
minus 1. Then press
3 Next you see this prompt:
Accept
recommended skewed sectors per head in format : 0 ? (Y/N)
For an Epson hard disk drive, accept the recommended value of 0. For another type
of drive, use the value recommended in the documentation for the drive.
To accept the default, select Then go to step 4.
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