Computer Hardware User Manual

FunctionCode

FailureTypeDeviceIDDate

ChkDigits

Text

•FunctionCode:

Representsthefeatureorfunctionwithinthecomputer.

•FailureType:

Representsthetypeoferrorencountered.

•DeviceID:

Containsthecomponent'sunit-IDthatcorrespondstoaxeddiskdrive,removablemediadrive,

processor,specicRIMM,oradeviceonthePCIbus.

•Date:

Containsthedatewhenthediagnostictestwasrun.ThedateisretrievedfromCMOSanddisplayed

usingtheYYYYMMDDformat.

•ChkDigits:

Containsa2-digitcheck-digitvaluetoensurethefollowing:

–Diagnosticswererunonthespecieddate.

–Diagnosticswererunonthespeciedcomputer.

–Thediagnosticerrorcodeisrecordedcorrectly.

•Text:

Descriptionoftheerror.

Note:See“Diagnosticerrorcodes”onpage49forerrorcodelistings.

QuickandFullerase-harddiskdrive

Thediagnosticsprogramofferstwoharddiskdriveformatutilities:

•QuickEraseHardDrive

•FullEraseHardDrive

QuickEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:

•DestroystheMasterBootRecord(MBR)ontheharddiskdrive.

•DestroysallcopiesoftheFATTableonallpartitions(boththemasterandbackup).

•Destroysthepartitiontable.

•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuserthatthisisanon-recoverableprocess.

FullEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:

•PerformsallthestepsinQuickErase.

•ProvidesaDOSutilitythatwritesrandomdatatoallsectorsoftheharddiskdrive.

•Providesanestimateoftimetocompletionalongwithavisualrepresentationofcompletionstatus.

•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuseraboutanon-recoverableprocess.

Important:MakesurethatalldataisbackedupbeforeusingtheQuickorFullErasefunctions.

ToselecttheQuickEraseHardDriveorFullEraseHardDriveutility,dothefollowing:

1.1.SelecttheUTILITYoptiononthetoolbarandpressEnter.

2.SelecteithertheQUICKERASEorFULLERASEHARDDISKoptionandfollowtheinstructions.