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detected. Select 1 or 2 and press Enter. The following message will appear:
Detail status display
5. This message is used to select whether or not the HDD status is displayed on the screen.
The HDD status is described in Section 3.15. Select 1 or 2 and press Enter.
6. The Hard Disk Test message will appear after you respond to the Detail Status prompt.
Select the number of the subtest you want to execute and press Enter. The following
message will appear during each subtest.
HARD DISK TEST
PASS COUNT : XXXXX
WRITE DATA : XX
ADDRESS
The first three digits of the ADDRESS indicate which cylinder is being tested, the fourth
digit indicates the head, and the last two digits indicate the sector.
The first digit of the STATUS number indicates the drive being tested, and the last two
digits indicate the error status code as explained in Table 3-3, in Section 3.14.
Subtest 01
Sequential Read
This subtest is a sequential reading of all the tracks on the HDD starting at Track 0.
When all the tracks on the HDD have been read, the test starts at the maximum track
and reads the tracks on the HDD sequentially back to Track 0.
Subtest 02
Address Uniqueness
This subtest writes unique address data to each sector of the HDD track-by-track.
The data written to each sector is then read and compared with the original data.
There are three ways the HDD can be read:
Forward sequential
Reverse sequential
Random
Subtest 03
Random Address/Data
This subtest writes random data to random addresses on the HDD cylinder, head and
sector. This data is then read and compared to the original data.
(1:no,2:yes) ?
XXXXXXX
ERROR COUNT : XXXXX
: XXXXXX
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