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Fomatting, Reformatting a Used Disk, Selecting an Option, Selecting, Drive, a New

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System Utilities Fomatting a New Disk To format a new hard disk that has never been formatted, select the Format option. You may need to modify the defective track table to add bad tracks when you format the disk Many hard disk drives come with a printed list of bad tracks, but the bad tracks am not flagged on the disk Other hard disks (such as Epson's disks) come with the bad tracks already flagged. Reformatting a Used Disk To reformat a disk you have been using, follow these steps: 1 Use the Non-destructive surface analysis option to check for unflagged bad tracks. 2 If errors occur during the non-destructive surface analysis, back up your hard disk to diskettes. 3 Run the Destructive surface analysis option to update the defective track table. 4 Run the Format option to format the disk. Selecting an Option When you use this program, you often need to select an option from a menu. There am two ways to do this: cl Use the arrow keys ( ) to highlight the option and press Enter. cl Type the number of the option and press Enter. You can select almost any option that appears on the screen using either method. Selecting a Drive If you have more than one hard disk drive, you see this prompt: Enter drive number ? (l/2) Select 1 for the first hard disk or 2 for the second hard disk Then see the instructions below for the Hard Disk Format Menu option you want to use. Epson NX Service Manual B-25

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System
Utilities
Fomatting
a New
Disk
To format a new hard disk that has never been formatted, select the Format option. You
may need to modify the defective track table to add bad tracks when you format the disk
Many hard disk drives come with a printed list of bad tracks, but the bad tracks am not
flagged on the disk Other hard disks (such as Epson’s disks) come with the bad tracks
already flagged.
Reformatting a Used Disk
To reformat a disk you have been using, follow these steps:
1
Use the Non-destructive surface
analysis
option to check for unflagged
bad tracks.
2
If errors occur during the non-destructive surface analysis, back up your hard disk to
diskettes.
3
Run the Destructive surface analysis option to update the defective track
table.
4
Run the
Format option to format the disk.
Selecting an Option
When you use this program, you often need to select an option from a menu. There am two
ways to do this:
cl
Use the arrow keys
(
) to highlight the option
and
press
Enter.
cl
Type the number of the option and press
Enter.
You can select almost any option that appears on the screen using either method.
Selecting
a
Drive
If you have more than one hard disk drive, you see this prompt:
Enter drive
number
? (l/2)
Select
1
for the first hard disk or
2
for the second hard disk Then see the instructions below
for the Hard Disk Format Menu option you want to use.
Epson
NX Service
Manual
B-25