A track of a disk device is formatted on a single revolution of the disk by using a read only memory (ROM) to store control codes and a random access memory (RAM) to store address field and data field bytes. A DMA controller simultaneously addresses ROM and RAM. Control codes are read into a control first in-first out memory and data codes are read into a data first in-first out memory. The control codes are applied to a decoder whose output signals control cyclic redundancy check and error detection and correction logic as well as the data first in-first out memory. The serial output from both the data first in-first out memory and the cyclic redundancy check logic are written on disk track.