Floppy Disk Drive Utilities - Toshiba Tecra 700CS Maintenance Manual

3.23 Floppy Disk Drive Utilities

3.23.1 Function Description
This function formats the FDD, copies the floppy disk, and displays the dump list for both
the FDD and HDD.
1. FORMAT
NOTE: This program is only for testing a floppy disk drive. The option
is different from the Toshiba MS-DOS FORMAT command.
This program can format a 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch floppy disk in the following
formats:
(a) 2D: Double-sided, double-density, 48/67.5 TPI, MFM mode, 512 bytes,
9 sectors/track.
(b) 2DD: Double-sided, double-density, double-track, 96/135 TPI, MFM
mode, 512 bytes, 9 sectors/track.
(c) 2HD: Double-sided, high-density, double-track, 96/135 TPI, MFM
mode, 512 bytes, 18 sectors/track.
2. COPY
This program copies data from a source floppy disk to a target floppy disk.
3. DUMP
This program displays the contents of the floppy disk and the designated
sectors of the hard disk on the display.
3.23.2 Operations
1. Selecting 7 from the DIAGNOSTIC MENU and pressing Enter displays the
following message:
[ FDD UTILITIES ]
1 - FORMAT
2 - COPY
3 - DUMP
9 - EXIT TO DIAGNOSTICS MENU
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