Using The Diagnostic Diskette - IBM Aptiva Series Hardware Maintenance

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Hardware Info

Using the Diagnostic Diskette

PC-Doctor for DOS can be executed directly from the floppy diskette or copied
to a hard disk. The program may be executed by typing PCDR at the DOS
prompt.
Note: The PC-Doctor bundled with HMM is a DOS based utility. DOS, as a
minimum is required. PC-Doctor is not a bootable program. Please
be sure the system is running PC-DOS (or MS-DOS) 6.xx or higher
for PC-Doctor DOS version.
diskette, hard disk or CD-ROM. To create a floppy diskette, see
"Creating a Boot Diskette with Drivers" on page 3-5.
PC-Doctor diagnostics includes modules for testing the mouse, CD-ROM
drive and modem components. The DOS version of PC-Doctor drivers for the
mouse, CD-ROM and modem must be loaded before testing of these
modules.
Mouse Driver:
MOUSE.EXE may be found on the PC-Doctor for DOS diskette. To use this
driver, type MOUSE.EXE at the DOS prompt or add:
AUTOEXEC.BAT:
MOUSE.EXE
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Diagnostic Program Features
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System Configuration
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Memory Contents
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IRQ and DMA Use
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Device Drivers
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COM and LPT Ports
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Physical Disk Drives
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Logical Disk Drives
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VGA Information
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Software Interrupts
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I/O Use
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IDE Drive Info.
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PCI Information
DOS may be loaded from floppy