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Next you see the following prompt:

Accept recommended skewed sectors in

format

: 1 ? (Y/N)

For an Epson hard disk drive, it is best to accept the

recommended skewed sector (also called the interleave

factor) of 1, since this setting allows your drive to perform

more efficiently. For other hard disk drives, you may need

to change this value if the documentation that came with

the disk recommends a different number.

To accept the default, select Y

Then go to step 3.

To enter a new value, select

You see the following prompt:

Enter new skewed sectors in

format (l-16):

Enter the recommended number, which equals the maximum

sector number for the drive minus 1. Then press

(Enterl,

Next you see this prompt:

Accept recommended skewed sectors per

head in format : 0 ? (Y/N)

For an Epson hard disk drive, accept the recommended value

of 0. For another type of drive,

use

the value recommended

in the documentation for the drive.

To accept the default, select Y

Then go to step 4.

Formatting a Hard Disk

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