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To perform a physical format or to determine if a hard disk needs to

be physically reformatted, follow these steps:

1. Insert the Reference diskette in drive A.

2. Turn on or reset the computer. The OPERATION MENU

appears.

3. Press 2 to select Format hard disk, and then press 

Enter. 

The

following menu of formatting and checking options appears:

HARD DISK FORMAT MENU

l - Conditional format (Normal)

- Unconditional format
- Destructive surface analysis

4 - Non-destructive surface analysis

0 - Exit

Enter selection number:

The first two options format a hard disk. Normally you use option 1,
Conditional format (Normal). This option automatically locates any

tracks that are 

by the manufacturer and marks them so that

they are never used. Option 2, Unconditional format, requires you to

enter tracks that are to be flagged as bad, and then allows you to edit

the list of bad tracks.

The other two options test a hard disk for problems. Use option 3,
Destructive surface analysis, to test the entire disk and update the bad

track table. Because this option writes and reads data on the disk, it
destroys all data on any track that produces an error. To check for
unflagged bad tracks without destroying data, use option 4, Non-

destructive surface analysis.

Physically Formatting a Hard