As the program checks each track, it decreases the cylinder
numbers to zero.
When the test is complete, the program displays a report on the
status of the disk, including a table of unflagged tracks that
produced write, read errors-such as the following:
Analysis finished.
Count of tracks flagged bad
=
P
Count of tracks with write, read errors =
n
Count of good tracks
=-
No write, read error was detected.
No data was destroyed.
Press
m
to return to the menu.
If the program finds an unflagged bad track, the report is
followed by a table like this:
Write.
Read
Error
Tracka
Cylinder Read cylinder Head cylinder Head Cylinder Bead
a37
a
Confirm
to
register
the
track8
in
the
Write,
Mad
Brror
Track
Table
as
bad
tracks.
Do you
want
to
register
the
error
tracks
as bad
track67
(Y/W)
To flag these tracks as bad, select Y
.
You see a list of the tracks
as they are flagged. When the process is complete, press
[Enbr)
to return to the Hard Disk Format Menu.
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