Media Check - Heath H89-17 Software Reference Manual

Media Check
First time through "Diagnostic"?
The list of test functions should now be printed
on your console and you should have already
performed the "Drive Speed" and "General
Checkout" tests.
Configuration for the H89-17
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0-31
This text will examine the diskette under test for defects in the magnetic oxide
medium. If you had any hard or soft errors during "General Checkout," such
defects could be the case. If any bad sectors are found, they will be listed at the
end of the test. Run this test on all diskettes.
1.
Type Mand a carriage return.
This test will take less than five minutes. At the end, a message
will be printed, which reads:
nnn
BAD SECTORS LOCATED
The number nnn, which can range from
000
to
400,
tells you
how many of the
400
sectors are defective. The actual bad
sectors, if any, will also be listed. Record the numbers for future
reference. If any bad sectors are discovered, the problem will be
solved when you reinitialize the diskette after completing
"Diagnostic." "Initialization" allows you to type in the iden-
tifying number for each bad sector, and it removes the bad
sectors from the diskette's directory.
The list of test functions will automatically be printed at the end of this test.
When this occurs, you may proceed to the next test.