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1. HARD DISK PREPARATION program 3.33
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.