Toshiba T1960CS, Maintenance Manual

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3.17 Hard Disk Format
Of the two types of hard-disk formatting—low-level (physical) and MS-DOS (logical)—this
function performs a low-level format of the hard disk and executes the following hard disk
formats and check:
1. All track FORMAT
2. Good track FORMAT
3. Bad track FORMAT
4. Bad track CHECK
CAUTION : The contents of the hard disk will be erased when this program is
executed. Before executing the function, transfer the contents of the hard disk onto a
backup system. This can be done with the Toshiba MS-DOS BACKUP command.
See the Toshiba MS-DOS manual for details.
3.17.1 Function Description
1. All track FORMAT
This option performs a low-level format of all the tracks on the hard disk as
listed in Table 3-6 below.
NOTE : Before executing the All Track FORMAT option, check for bad
tracks using the Bad Track CHECK option, or display a list of bad tracks
on the HDD.
Table 3-6 Hard Disk Formatting Sequence
200 MB 320 MB
(MK1624FCV) (MK2326FC)
Sector sequences 1 1
Cylinders 0 to 683 0 to 968
Heads 0 to 15 0 to 13
Sectors 1 to 38 1 to 49
Sector length (bps) 512 512
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