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3.17 Hard Disk Format
This command executes hard disk drive formatting. There are two types of hard disk drive
formatting:
❑ Low-level (physical) formatting
❑ MS-DOS (logical) formatting
This hard disk format function performs a low-level format of the hard disk drive and ex-
ecutes the following hard disk drive formats and check:
1. All track FORMAT
2. Good track FORMAT
3. Bad track FORMAT
4. Bad track CHECK
CAUTION: The contents of the hard disk drive will be erased when this program is
executed. Before executing the function, transfer the contents of the hard disk drive to
floppy disks. Use BACKUP in the Toshiba Companion Utility. Do not use the MS-DOS
BACKUP Command. See the Toshiba MS-DOS manual for details.
3.17.1 Function Description
1. All Track FORMAT
Performs a low-level format of all the tracks on the hard disk drive, as shown in
Table 3-5 below:
NOTE: Before executing the "All Track FORMAT" option, check for bad
tracks using the "Bad Track CHECK" option or display a list of bad tracks
on the HDD.
Table 3-5 Hard disk drive formatting sequence
Item Toshiba MK1926FCV IBM DBOA-20810
Formatted capacity (byte) 814,915,584 812,851,200
Disks 3 2
Logical heads 16 16
Logical cylinders 1,579 1,575
Bytes per sector 512 512
Rotation speed (rpm) 4200 4009
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