AlphaBIOS Firmware
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To format a FAT partition
1. Enter
AlphaBIOS Setup and select Hard Disk Setup. Press Enter.
2. Select the partition to be formatted (see
➊
in Figure 8-22).
3. Press F6. A dialog box displays, asking whether to perform a quick or standard
format (see
➋
). If you select Quick Format, the formatting is completed
immediately, but no bad sectors are mapped. If you select Standard Format, a
dialog box similar to that in Figure 8-23 displays while the drive is formatted,
showing the progress of the formatting. Standard formatting maps bad sectors.
4. Select a format method, and press Enter.
Figure 8-23 Standard Formatting
Hard Disk Setup F1=Help
Partition 1 1200 MB Unrecognized
Disk 0 KZPSX #0, SCSI ID 1 2007 MB
ESC=Cancel
Formatting...
25%
BX-0589-97
Disk 0, Partition 1 1200 MB
