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Program
Options
Allows you to change the settings of the Dell Diagnostics.
Exit to MS-
DOS
Exits to the MS-DOS® prompt.
For a quick check of your computer, select Quick Tests from the Test All Devices or Test One Device
option. Quick Tests runs only the subtests that do not require user interaction and that do not take a long time to
run. Dell recommends that you choose Quick Tests first to increase the odds of tracing the source of the problem
quickly.
For a
thorough check of your computer, select Extended Tests from the Test All Devices option.
To
check a particular area of your computer, select Extended Tests from the Test One Device option, or
select the Advanced Testing option to customize your test(s).
Advanced Testing
When you select Advanced Testing from the Diagnostics Menu, the following screen appears listing the
diagnostic test device groups and devices of the selected device group, and it allows you to select categories from a
menu (see Figure 1
). Press the arrow keys or <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys to navigate the screen.
Figure 1. Advanced Testing Main Screen
Information in the Advanced Testing screen is presented as follows:
On the left side of the screen, the Device Groups area lists the diagnostic test groups in the order they will