Floppy Disk Test - Toshiba Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual

3.8 Floppy Disk Test

Select the number of the subtest you want to execute and press Enter. The following message
will appear during the floppy disk test.
FLOPPY DISK
SUB-TEST
PASS COUNT
WRITE DATA
ADDRESS
3. When the subtest 04 or 05 is selected, the following messages will appear on the screen. Select
the test data
(subtest 04 only)
Test data
Track No.
Head No.
Subtest 01 Sequential read
This subtest performs a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) that continuously reads
all the tracks (track: 0 to 39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk.
Subtest 02 Sequential read/write
This subtest continuously writes data pattern B5ADADh to all the tracks (track: 0
to 39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk. The data is then read and compared to the original
data.
Subtest 03 Random address/data
This subtest writes random data to random addresses on all tracks (track: 0 to 39/0
to 79) on a floppy disk. The data is then read and compared to the original data.
Subtest 04 Write specified address
This subtest writes the data specified by an operator to a specified track, head, and
address.
Subtest 05 Read specified address
This subtest reads data from a track, head, and address specified by an operator.
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IN PROGRESS XXXXXXX
: XX
: XXXXX ERROR COUNT
: XX READ DATA
: XXXXXX STATUS
, track number and head number you want to test.
?? (subtest 04 only)
??
?
3 Tests and Diagnostics
xxx DIAGNOSTIC TEST VX.XX
[Ctrl]+[Break] :
[Ctrl]+[C]
: XXXXX
: XX
: XXX
test end
: key stop
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