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Chapter 4: Using Hard Disk ToolKit•PE 143
• Verify After Formatting:
If this checkbox is enabled, Hard Disk ToolKit• PE will verify
that all blocks on the disk are free of errors. This option causes
the format to take more time. If a bad block is encountered, the
Auto Initialize is stopped and a warning message will appear.
Use HDT•
PE ’s Test feature to spare out the bad blocks. For more
information, see Testing a Device on page 152.
When formatting a rewritable magneto-optical disk, do not use the Verify After Formatting
option. If you do, you may see erroneous media error messages, because on some magneto-
optical drives data needs to be written to the disk before these blocks become verifiable.
4. Click OK .
Two warning boxes appear that say Auto Initialize will destroy all
the data on the disk (Figure 7.7).
5. Click OK in both warning boxes.
A status box appears while the auto initialize is in process. The
length of time required to complete an auto initialize depends on the
size and speed of the drive, as well as the auto initialize options you
selected.
Figure 7.7:
Warning dialog boxes.
NOTE
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