Command Line Switches - Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic Utility User Manual

Enter & Print RMA Information
If the hard drive is under warranty and DLGDIAG determines that the hard drive is
unrepairable, obtain an RMA (Return Material Authorization) number and instructions for
product return from WD Technical Support at support.wdc.com/warranty.
To complete the RMA information, select Enter and Print RMA Information from the
DLGDIAG main menu, then fill out all fields in the Enter and Print RMA Information
screen. You must have a printer properly connected to your computer to print RMA
information.
Help
1. Select Help from the main menu to access the DLGDIAG.txt Help file.
2. Use the up and down arrow keys to read through the text Help file.
3. Press Esc to return to the main menu.
Quit
1. To close DLGDIAG, select Quit from the main menu. A message displays prompting
you to reset the system to reinitialize the BIOS and hard drive(s).
2. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete or turn the power off to restart the system.
3. Remove the floppy disk from the drive and reboot the system.

Command Line Switches

DLGDIAG supports the following command line options:
Command Line
-A
-B
-C
-Dx
-E
-FWRITE
-G
-H
-L
-Ox
-Px
-Q
-R
-S
-V
-WRITE
Description
Disable error code for SMART failures
Check SMART status without menus
Enable output to comma file
Select drive x only, where x is 0-15 or ? to show drive info
Run extended test without menus - with drive repair
Write zeros to the first and last million sectors
Show test history on the SMART log area
Enable appending of log to history log file
Disable output to log file
Specify log file location, where x is the full path
Access drives at baseport x (hex address) only
Run Quick Test without menus
Run performance test without menus
Skip rebooting after a run of the program
Run extended test without menus - without drive repair
Write zeros to the entire drive
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