>C=N J=N VC=N LM=6 RM=80 PL=66 TM=3 BM=64 WS=Y PF=1 LS=1>H=1 F=1 H=Y F=Y PN=10ӾC=N                           QUICK FIX                     Page о##ӾC=YCOPYRIGHT (C) 1980 BREEZE COMPUTING INC.>C=Y2.3 DISK FORMAT UTILITY OPERATIONS MANUAL:>C=N     Selection of the QUICK FORMAT utility will result in the following two options being displayed to the screen.<1>  Standard Format            <2> Format Without EraseYour Choice ?2.3A  STANDARD FORMAT:     Upon selecting this utility, you are first asked, one at a time, which drives are to be formatted.  (Answer "Y" or "N").  Next, you are requested to supply the DISK NAME, CREATION DATE, MASTER PASSWORD, and the TRACK COUNT (in DEC or HEX) of your choice.  You are then asked if you wish to lock out any tracks (answer "Y" or "N"), what track the DIRECTORY is to go on, and finally, what FILL BYTE is to be placed in the unused directory entries.  NOTE: The following DEFAULT VALUES are used when you press <ENTER> instead of making a valid entry.     <A>.  NAME                   =  ( NAME )     <B>.  CREATION DATE          =  ( DATE )     <C>.  MASTER PASSWORD        =  PASSWORD     <D>.  TRACK COUNT            =  40     <E>.  LOCKOUT                =  NO     <F>.  DIRECTORY              =  17     <G>.  FILL BYTE              =  EEH     Upon completing your answers, the program will FORMAT and then VERIFY the disk(s) and you will then be asked if you want to FORMAT again.  If you answer "Y", the program will allow you to use the previous specifications without having to re-enter them or you may enter new specifications.  NOTE: This utility is NOT a "STANDARD" formatting program and you will find that disks that have been formatted with it will load VERY RAPIDLY.2.3B  DO NOT FORMAT FIRST - (FORMAT WITHOUT ERASING):     This utility requires an answers of "Y" or "N" as to which drives are to be RE-FORMATTED, just as in the STANDARD FORMATTING utility.  However, in this routine, you may RE-FORMAT a disk that contains existing data and leave the existing data INTACT.  You will also be asked to input the number of tracks that you want on the disk, and you may ADD tracks at this time by specifying a number that is greater than is presently formatted on the disk.     If you increase the number of tracks, the utility will automatically make the necessary corrections and update the disk directory (if there is one).     This program reads each track, one sector at a time, and then re-formats the track and re-writes the same sectors back to the track.  If it finds a track that is NOT formatted, it merely formats said track and then updates the directory.  If it is NOT able to read a sector, you will be advised.  When it is NOT able to read a sector, the message "forget that one" will be displayed and that merely means that the ORIGINAL DATA wasn't copiable, however, the sector is still valid for recieving data.     Other very handy uses for this utility are to RE-VITALIZE those disks that have been recorded some time ago, or to RE-FORMAT disks that won't BOOT because of defective sectors.  NOTE: It is always a good idea to do a DIRECTORY CHECK (See Disk Repair Utility) if you are DECREASING the number of tracks on a disk.                    