Epson equity 320sx plus User Manual

The hard disk format procedure destroys any data on your

hard disk.

You may want to reformat a hard disk if you have a serious

problem with the drive. However, before formatting a disk

with data on it, try every other recovery procedure described
in your MS-DOS manuals. Then back up all the data on the

disk before you begin.

If you do not enter a bad track list before you format the

disk, the format program analyzes the surface of the hard
disk to determine the bad tracks.

This test identifies the bad tracks on the hard disk by

analyzing the surface of the disk to find them. The program

uses three different bit patterns; formatting the disk, marking

the bad tracks, and displaying the bad track list.

The Media analysis test destroys any data on your hard

disk.