User's Manual

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IRQ and DMA use - identifies interrupts for all standard IRQ and DMA devices
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Device Drivers - shows all essential data on DOS resident and installable device
drivers
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COM and LPT ports - displays information about the installed serial and
parallel ports. Only ports that are identified by BIOS are listed
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Physical Disk Drives - shows the basic characteristics for each installed fixed
disk drive including the contents of partition tables
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Logical Disk Drives - displays information about each drive that is available
and has a disk in it. If Stacker or DoubleSpace disk compression software has
been installed, details about each "stacked" or "doubled" drive is shown
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VGA Information - identifies the type of installed VGA chip
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Software Interrupts - displays software interrupt vectors and the area of
memory they point to
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SCSI Devices - lists information about SCSI devices and interface cards if a
CAM or ASPI compliant SCSI device driver is present
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Utility Menu
PC-Doctor has a dedicated menu for utility functions. These functions include:
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Run External Tests
- runs other programs from PC-Doctor
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Edit CMOS RAM
- gives access to CMOS RAM data
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File Editor
- allows editing of configuration files
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Surface Scan Hard Disk
- checks for defects on the hard disk
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Benchmark System
- measures system performance
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DOS Shell
- opens a DOS prompt from within PC-Doctor
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Terminal
- gives access to devices connected to a serial port (such as a modem)
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Memory Debugger
- displays memory contents in either hexadecimal, decimal,
or ASCII form
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Remote Operation
- enables remote control if available
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Tech Support Form
- allows you to collect information about the current
system
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Battery Rundown
- quickly deep-discharges the NiMh battery of a laptop
computer.
PC-Doctor Diagnostics
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