Enter bad spots by byte or sector?
After you have finished entering the bad sectors, continue with the following to list the bad sectors in the buffer to make sure that you have entered them correctly: CMD> li Write the bad sectors from the buffer to the bad sector map: CMD> writefile Write the bad sectors to a text file named BadSectorFile.Text (or whatver name you want to give it), so that you can read or print out this listing later. CMD> prinfile File: BadSectorFile.Text Quit the BadSector program: CMD> q • Run the DiskTest program, Note that running format with checking on is slow; running format with checking off, and then using scan, achieves the same results, and is faster. The ‘help’ command may be used to obtain a listing of commands. > disktest Tell DiskTest what area of the disc is to be formatted. These numbers depend upon the disc type and upon whether pre-compensation is used. Again, these parameters are for a Toshiba MK-56 drive. COMMAND> area r,1,829 Tell DiskTest that it is permitted to proceed with so
