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From: fortinp@bcara13.bnr.ca (Pierre Fortin 1573589)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: HDX 3.01
Summary: HDX 3.01 Format program question
Message-ID: <177@bnrgate.bnr.ca>
Date: 13 Nov 89 07:24:50 GMT
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Allan,
While using HDX 3.01 to format my old 10Meg drive for testing purposes, I
noticed a couple of anomalies...
1. After the format was done, the program claimed that it was checking the
   drive for bad sectors.  Actually, the sector numbers were rolling along,
   but the drive's head positioning actuator was NOT moving.  Then the 
   actuator moved about 25% of the way in (like a seek); then about 50%, etc.
   There is no way the format program could be checking the drive properly
   with this kind of head movement.  My drive's head actuator is fully visible
   which is how I noticed this anomaly.
2. Every time I format a drive with HDX 3.01, I ALWAYS get the message which
   tells me I have 8 bad sectors (no more, no less).  Any ideas?
   
I recently obtained HDX 3.02 (actually, just the formatter).  Apparently, 
only the formatter changed in this version.  Is this the case?  Can you 
tell me if the formatter was re-issued to cover the above situations? Or, 
was it re-issued for other reasons?
 
Thanks,
Pierre Fortin