Personal Computer User Manual

If an error occurs, make a note of the code and message. Then

use the Non-destructive surface analysis (option 3 on the Hard

Disk Format Menu) to check the condition of the hard disk.

If this analysis shows no other problems with the disk, follow

these steps:

Back up all the files on your hard disk.

Reformat the disk using option 2, Format hard disk, on the

Operation Menu.

3. Install MS-DOS on the hard disk according to the

instructions in the MS-DOS Installation Guide.

4. Restore your files.

Read, Verify Check

This test reads and verifies data from ‘all tracks of the disk,

checking each cylinder and using all read/write heads.

Select option 3 from the menu to start this test. The program

displays the number of each cylinder it finds. For example, with

a hard disk, the first message you see is:

Current cylinder is nnn

The cylinder number counts down to 0. At the end of the test,

you see a table of the results, as follows:

BAD TRACKS

...................

READ ERROR TRACKS

............

GOOD TRACKS

..................

nnnn

Press ENTER to return to the menu

Performing System Diagnostics

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