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1. AT HARD DISK PREPARATION program 1.0
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KFH ASSOCIATES, 1985
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2771, Middleborough
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SAN JOSE, CA 95132
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FOR IBM AT & COMPATIBLES
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PC and XT needs HDPREP.exe
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DOS 2.0/2.1/3.0/3.1
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** If you think the program is useful to you,
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$35.00 donation to H. King at above
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address will register for updating service
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2. The program READ in the hard disk drive parameters from the
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controller to determine the available number of heads and cylinders
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for each attached drive, if the controller follows the IBM BIO
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convention. Otherwise, the program defaults to 2 head and 100
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cylinders for each drive. When this happens, the controller usually
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has problem.
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3. Hard disk preparation uses the controller default parameters in the
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BIOS.
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Instructions:
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The program is manual driven and self explanatory. The following is a
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summary.
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Options:
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1. Select the drive to be operated on. Drive 0 is the first hard disk
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drive attached to the controller (usually the C:), Drive 1 is the
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second one (usually the D:).
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2. Perform the controller FORMAT of the specified drive by option 1.
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See option 3. Run FDISK and Dos FORMAT after this step.
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Bad track locations can be input at this step and the program
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will use the input to mark the bad ones accordingly.
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3. Perform the controller FORMAT of the specified drive by option 1
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and scan the disk for bad tracks and mark them bad. Run FDISK and
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DOS FORMAT after this step. This option 3 is preferred to option 2.
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In the begining of this step, you can enter the bad tracks if you
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already know them. This step marks any bad track found,
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the ones you entered, at the end of the process.
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4. Move the head to track 0 for the specified drive.
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5. Exit this program.
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6. Set the interleave number for the controller FORMAT. The default is
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6 which is used by IBM PC/XT. Do not use other number unless you
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have enough knowedge on the controller. Adaptec controller can use
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interleave 2.
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7. If you know a specific track and head location is bad, you can use
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this option to mark the track bad. Use DOS FDISK AND FORMAT after
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this step.
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8. If you want to remark a bad track to reuse the track, you can use this
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option. This option can not physically correct the defect track.
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9. The same operation as the option 3, except during the verify process
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more data patterns are used. The process can take twice longer then
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the option 3. Usually, the option 3 is good enough.
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