Toshiba Satellite 110 Series Maintenance Manual page 83

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.
Item
Formatted capacity (byte)
Disks
Logical heads
Logical cylinders
Bytes per sector
Rotation speed (rpm)
110 Series
Table 3-5 Hard disk drive formatting sequence
Toshiba MK1926FCV IBM DBOA-20810
814,915,584
3
16
1,579
512
4200
812,851,200
2
16
1,575
512
4009
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