VECTOR 4 USER'S MANUAL
VECTOR 4 OPERATING
COMMANDS
options, enter the line: FORMAT BE [RETURN].
Repeat
Forma~
Use
this
option
whenever
you
purchase
a new box
of
diskettes.
It's
often more convenient
to
format
an
entire
box of
diskettes
when you
first
get
them. This will prevent having
to
format a
new
diskette in the
middle of an important job.
Reporting Errors:
If
you
select
the
E option, the screen will display
the
track and sector
location of any errors
it
uncovers on
the
surface of
the
disk.
(Refer
to
the
Appendix
on
Error
Handling
in
the
Troubleshooting section, for
an
explanation of the most
common
errors.)
For
the
most
part,
if
a disk
you are formatting displays errors, simply format
it
again. The error will
probably be erased in the next format procedure. This
type
of
error
is
called a
"soft error".
Whatever option you choose, you should see the following:
DRIVE:
[A]
5 INCH WINCHESTER - SURFACE 0,1
[B}
5 INCH WINCHESTER - SURFACE 2,3
[C] 5 INCH SINGLE SIDED
FLOPPY
[D] 5 INCH DOUBLE SIDED FLOPPY
MAKE
SELECTION FROM ABOVE:
(The actual display will
reflect
the type of
storage
media
used
by
your
disk
drives
and
the
configuration
of your floppies. Naturally, two-floppy systems
will not prompt for a hard drive.)
You
now
have
the
following options:
•
to
format one or more surfaces of
the
hard disk (where applicable)
•
to
format a single-sided floppy diskette
• or to format a double-sided floppy diskette
When
you enter
the
letter
to
select
the
floppy drive
you
want, the screen
will
display:
INSERT
DISKETTE -AND
PRESS
[RETURN]
TO
BEGIN,
[CTRL
C]
TO
l:=~i\ABORT
With
all
options,
you
can
stop
the
procedure
by
pressing
[CTRL
C].
Otherwise, press a [RETURN] when
the
diskette
has
been
inserted.
After
a
Rev.
A - 9-01-82
PIN
7100-0001
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