Epson Equity 486DX2/50 PLUS User Manual - Page 151
Option 2, Destructive Surface Analysis
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Select Y to cancel formatting (and check your backups) or N to continue. If you continue with formatting, you see: Format started. Head : n n n Cylinder : nnnnn The head and cylinder numbers decrease as the program progresses. When formatting is complete, the program flags any bad tracks and you see a series of messages like these: Format finished. Flagging bad tracks... Cylinder is nnnn, head is nn Format completed. Press Enter to return to the menu. Press m to return to the Hard Disk Format Menu. Option 2, Destructive Surface Analysis You can perform a Destructive surface analysis of your hard disk to accurately locate any bad tracks and flag them, if they are not flagged. The test operates by a complex process of writing, reading, and verifying information on every track of the hard disk, except for tracks that are already flagged as bad tracks. Physically Formatting a Hard Disk A - 9