Toshiba Libretto 100CT, User Manual

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(c) Bad track register
The Bad Track register prompt will appear as shown below. Enter the cylinder
and head numbers of bad tracks and press
Enter . Note that if there are no bad
tracks, pressing Enter alone is the same as executing All Track Format
described in item (d) below.
[ WARNING: Current DISK data will be
completely destroyed ]
Press Bad cylinder number ( dddd)] key ?
Press Bad head number ( dd)] key ?
Enter the cylinder and head number in the format above in decimal notation.
Repeat for each bad track you want to format.
After entering the bad tracks, press Enter to execute the format.
(d) All track format
All tracks are formatted as good tracks except those registered as bad tracks in
item (c) above or those identified as bad tracks in track verification described
in item (e) below.
(e) Track verification
A check is made of all tracks and if an ECC error, ECC-correctable-data error
or record-not-found error is detected at a track, that track is formatted as a bad
track automatically.
2. Good Track FORMAT
If a good track has been erroneously formatted as a bad track, you can use this subtest
to reformat the track as a good track. To format a track as a good track, enter the
number for the drive, interleave, cylinder and head as indicated in the screen prompt
shown below.
Drive number select (1 :#1, 2:#2) ?
Interleave number (1 / 1 - 8 ) ?
Press [Cylinder number ( dddd) ] ?
Press [Head number ( dd) ] ?
Press
Enter
to return to the Hard Disk Format menu.