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- 1. HARD DISK PREPARATION program 3.32
- KFH ASSOCIATES, 1985
- 2771, Middleborough
- SAN JOSE, CA 95132
-
- FOR IBM PC AND XT & COMPATIBLES
- AT needs HDPREPAT.exe
- DOS 2.0/2.1/3.0/3.1
-
- ALSO XEBEC 1210A
- DTC 5150BX
- ADAPTEC 2002A
- W DIGITAL 1002
- ETC. PC CONTROLLER BOARDS
-
- ** If you think the program is useful to you,
- $35.00 donation to H. King at above
- address will register for updating service
-
- a. 3.3 reduce the program size and enhcanced the option 3 option
- b. Enhanced the track entering and display feature
- c. Added the scan track feature to locate the already marked track
- in option 7 and 8.
-
- 2. The program READ in the hard disk drive parameters from the
- controller to determine the available number of heads and cylinders
- for each attached drive, if the controller follows the IBM BIO
- convention. Otherwise, the program defaults to 2 head and 100
- cylinders for each drive. When this happens, the controller usually
- has problem. You can use option 9 to change this settings, if you
- have an Adaptec controller.
-
- 3. Hard disk preparation uses the controller default parameters in the
- BIOS.
-
- Instructions:
-
- The program is manual driven and self explanatory. The following is a
- summary.
-
- Options:
-
- 1. Select the drive to be operated on. Drive 0 is the first hard disk
- drive attached to the controller (usually the C:), Drive 1 is the
- second one (usually the D:).
-
- 2. Perform the controller FORMAT of the specified drive by option 1.
- See option 3. Run FDISK and Dos FORMAT after this step.
- Bad track locations can be input at this step and the program
- will use the input to mark the bad ones accordingly.
-
- 3. Perform the controller FORMAT of the specified drive by option 1
- and scan the disk for bad tracks and mark them bad. Run FDISK and
- DOS FORMAT after this step. This option 3 is preferred to option 2.
- In the begining of this step, you can enter the bad tracks if you
- already know them. This step marks any bad track found,
- the ones you entered, at the end of the process.
-
- 4. Move the head to track 0 for the specified drive.
-
- 5. Exit this program.
-
- 6. Set the interleave number for the controller FORMAT. The default is
- 6 which is used by IBM PC/XT. Do not use other number unless you
- have enough knowedge on the controller. Adaptec controller can use
- interleave 2.
-
- 7. If you know a specific track and head location is bad, you can use
- this option to mark the track bad. Use DOS FDISK AND FORMAT after
- this step.
-
- Option allows the program to scan the drive and lists tracks that
- already marked bad.
-
- 8. If you want to remark a bad track to reuse the track, you can use this
- option. This option can not physically correct the defect track.
-
- Option allows the program to scan the drive and lists tracks that
- already marked bad.
-
- 9. Use this option to define the number of heads and cylinders for each
- drive for this program to use. This parameter does overwrite
- the controller defined parameter and affect the controller FORMAT
- operation. The BIOS parameters are not affected. Warning: The DOS
- FORMAT uses BIOS parameters.
-
- However, the ADAPTEC 2002A is an exception, the overwrite parameters
- are recognized by DOS Fdisk and Format programs.
-
- A. The same operation as the option 3, except during the verify process
- more data patterns are used. The process can take twice longer then
- the option 3. Usually, the option 3 is good enough.
-
-
- Note:
-
- At option 2,3,7 and 8, head and track location input feature allows
- the number entering easier and can be edited later. Once the total track
- location display is on, you can use the cursor key to move the
- pointer (reversed video) to different line/column and use command
- to change (C), remove (R), Re-enter every thing (N), go ahead to
- proceed (Y). The editing options are displayed at the bottom of the
- screen for reference.
-
- If a new item need to be added, use cursor key to move the pointer
- to a location that does not have any entry, hit "C" - change, head
- number and cylinder number can then be added.