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4. The program now allows you to edit the defective track table. At the bottom of the table is this prompt: Modify defective track table ? (Y/N) Select N to leave the table as it is. Then skip the following section and go to "Formatting the Disk" on page A-8. To add bad tracks to the defective track table, see the next section. Modifying the Defective Track Table If you select Y to modify the table, you see the following options at the bottom of the table: Defective Track Table : Move box cursor to desired track with cursor key A = Add track, C = Change track, D = Delete track, F = Finish editing Enter command : To add a bad track, follow these steps: 1. Press [Al. You see this prompt: Enter cylinder number (1 - nnnn): 2. Type the number of the cylinder containing the bad track and press [Enter. You see this prompt: Enter head number (0 - nn): 3. Type the head number for the bad track and press [Enter. To cancel the operation, press [Enter] without typing a value. Physically Formatting a Hard Disk A - 7

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4.
The program now allows you to edit the defective track table.
At the bottom of the table is this prompt:
Modify defective
track table ?
(Y/N)
Select
N
to leave the table as it is. Then skip the following
section and go to “Formatting the Disk” on page A-8.
To add bad tracks to the defective track table, see the next
section.
Modifying the Defective Track Table
If you select
Y
to modify the table, you see the following
options at the bottom of the table:
Defective Track Table : Move box cursor to
desired track with cursor key
A=
Add track, C = Change track,
D
= Delete
track,
F = Finish editing
Enter command :
To add a bad track, follow these steps:
1.
Press [Al. You see this prompt:
Enter cylinder number (1 - nnnn):
2.
Type the number of the cylinder containing the bad track
and press [Enter. You see this prompt:
Enter head number (0 -
nn):
3.
Type the head number for the bad track and press
[Enter.
To cancel the operation, press
[Enter]
without typing a value.
Physically Formatting a Hard Disk
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