Radio Shack 26-1145 Hardware Manual

The Media Error Map
When you purchase your hard
disk,
a
few disk
areas called 'tracks"
may bo flawed because
of minor
defects
in the media or signals
from external
sources. However, no
hard
disk
is
shipped
with more
than
3
flawed
tracks per head
nor more than
9 {5-tneo.l or 12
{15-meg}
flawed
tracks
in
all
Track never contains
flaws.
Before shipment,
a built-in error detector dfiterminps which, if
any
tracks
on
your
hard disk are Hawed. Wo then
attach
to the bottom
of the disk a Media Error
Map
containing this information.
Keep
tills map! Radio Shack
service
technicians
may need
to refer
lo-
ir, if
your
drive
ever needs servicing.
In addition,
if
you choose 10 initialize your hard
disk
system
manually you may want to
reffir
to the
Media
Error Map when for-
matting
the
hard
disk tfrives.
Manual initialization is
discussed
in
Appendix A. We recommend it
only
for
advanced users who
can-
not
meet system requirements
bv
usinq
the
simpler
initialization
procedure
discussed
in
Chapter 4.

Radio Shack 26-1145 Specifications

General

Brand	Radio Shack
Model	26-1145
Category	Desktop
Language	English