North Star DIMENSION Service Manual page 130

DIAGNOSTICS
Service Diskette #2 (cont.)
Main Menu
The following screen illustrates the main menu of Service
Diskette #2. The diskette drive test option and fixed disk
drive test options perform read/write tests on the media.
Service Diskette #2 also contains programs that format the
fixed disk and read and write its label.
North Star DIMENSION
Service Diskette #2
Version 1.0.0
Main Menu
a) Diskette Drive Test
b) Fixed Disk Drive #1 Test
c) Fixed Disk Drive #2 Test
d) Fixed Disk Format and Label Writer
e) Park Fixed Disk Drive Heads
Test ^t Option A - You may test the diskette drive by selecting
Options option A. This test verifies the integrity of the diskette
drive by randomly writing and reading data patterns to a
blank diskette. Format a blank diskette and have it
ready for use before selecting the option. Although
completion of this option takes approximately five hours,
you have the option of stopping the test at any time.
Pressing [Ctrl] and C stops the test and recalls the
DIMENSION DOS command prompt.
y'r Options B/C - You may test a fixed disk drive by
selecting option B or C. These tests verify the integrity
of the fixed disk drives by randomly writing and reading
data patterns to the disks. At the completion of each
test, bad tracks are automatically recorded on the Bad
Track Table. Completion of this option takes
approximately five hours.
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