Toshiba T3100e - Hard Disk Formatting Operations

File No. 960-010
3.17.2 Operations
CAUTION: After physical formatting is finished, enter the
MS-DOS FDISK command, which will set the partition. Then
enter the MS-DOS FORMAT command. (See the MS-DOS manual for
details. )
1. After pressing 2 and Enter in the DIAGNOSTICS MENU, the
following display will appear.
DIAGNOSTIC - HARD DISK FORMAT V2.00
1 - ~l track FORMAT
2 Good track FORMAT
3 Bad track FORMAT
4 Bad track CHECK
9 Exit to DIAGNOSTICS MENU
Press [NUMBER] key ?
2. All track FORMAT Selection
(1) When all track FORMAT(l) is selected, the following
message will appear.
Drive number select (1:11, 2:12) ?
(2) Select a drive number. Type the drive number and press
Enter. The following message will appear.
Interleave number (3/1-3) ?
(3) Select an interleave number. (Usually select 3.) Type
the number and press Enter. The following display will
appear.
[HOD TYPE]
[HOD TYPE]
[HOD TYPE]
CYLINDER
HEAD
SECTOR
=
=
=
XXX
X
XX
[WARNING : Current DISK data will be
completely destroyed]
Press [Bad track number (CCCH) key ?
[[cylinder,head = XXX Xl]
(4) After pressing the Enter, the [[cylinder, head = XXX
X]] message will appear; then all cylinders of the hard
disk are formatted and checked.
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