Toshiba T2100 Series, Maintenance Manual

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3.17 Hard Disk Format
This command executes hard disk formatting. There are two types of hard-disk formatting:
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Low-level (physical) formatting
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MS-DOS (logical) formatting
This hard disk format 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 using the BACKUP command in the Toshiba
Companion Utility. 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 shown
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
260 MB 350 MB
(MK1724FC) (MK1824FCV) (CFL350A)
Sector sequences 1 1 1
Cylinders 842 682 905
Heads 16 16 12
Sectors 38 63 63
Sector length (bps) 512 512 512
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