Computer Hardware User Manual

•ChkDigits:Containsa2-digitcheck-digitvaluetoensurethefollowing:
–Diagnosticswererunonthespecieddate.
–Diagnosticswererunonthespeciedcomputer.
–Thediagnosticerrorcodeisrecordedcorrectly.
•Text:Descriptionoftheerror.
Note:See“Diagnosticerrorcodes”onpage45
forerrorcodelistings.
QuickandFullerase-harddiskdrive
Thediagnosticsprogramofferstwoharddiskdriveformatutilities:
•QuickEraseHardDrive
•FullEraseHardDrive
QuickEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:
•DestroystheMasterBootRecord(MBR)ontheharddiskdrive.
•DestroysallcopiesoftheFATTableonallpartitions(boththemasterandbackup).
•Destroysthepartitiontable.
•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuseraboutanon-recoverableprocess.
FullEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:
•PerformsallthestepsinQuickErase.
•ProvidesaDOSutilitythatwritesrandomdatatoallsectorsoftheharddiskdrive.
•Providesanestimateoftimetocompletionalongwithavisualrepresentationofcompletionstatus.
•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuseraboutanon-recoverableprocess.
Important:MakesurethatalldataisbackedupbeforeusingtheQuickorFullErasefunctions.
ToselecttheQuickEraseHardDriveorFullEraseHardDriveutility,dothefollowing:
1.SelecttheUTILITYoptiononthetoolbarandpressEnter.
2.SelecteithertheQUICKERASEorFULLERASEHARDDISKoptionandfollowtheinstructions.
Viewingthetestlog
Toviewdetailsofafailureortoviewalistoftestresults,usethefollowingprocedurefromanytestcategory
screen:
1.PressF3toactivatethelogle.
2.PressF3againtosavetheletodisketteorpressF2toprintthele.
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