Epson 286 PLUS Personal Computer User Manual


 
Destructive tests
Format
Media analysis
Force bad tracks
Nondestructive tests
Performance
Seek
Read/verify
Check test cylinder
Caution
You should not run any of the destructive tests on an SCSI
type hard disk drive.
Before performing any destructive test, the program displays the
following messages:
WARNING
All data on hard disk you have
specified may be lost...
Do you still want to continue (Y/N)?
Press
Y
and
Enter to
begin the test. Press
N
and
Enter
to stop
the operation.
Hard Disk Parameters
The program may ask for the following parameters:
Disk drive identifier
Disk drive type
Interleave factor
Bad track list
Start cylinder number
End cylinder number
Start head number
End head number
Each parameter is described below.
Performing System Diagnostics
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