American Megatrends 42 Series User Manual page 81

Hard Disk Utility Error Messages,
Operation Errors
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Message
Address Mark Not The address mark (initial address) on the hard disk
Found could not be found.
Attachment Failed to No response has been received from the hard disk
Respond drive.
Bad ECC on Disk When the hard disk drive utility writes to the disk, it
Read also calculates an ECC (Error Correction Code) value
for the data being written. This ECC value is written to
the drive and then read back. The value read back is
different from the one calculated.
Bad Sector Flag An operation was performed on a sector that has been
Detected flagged as bad.
Controller Has Failed A diagnostic command was issued to the controller
failed.
Drive Not Ready An operation on the hard disk drive has timed out. The
hard disk drive utility has waited beyond a preset
specified time limit.
Drive Parameter A reset command was sent to the controller followed by
Activity Failed drive parameters. Using these parameters, the
controller did not get a response from the hard disk.
Make sure the drive type is correct.
ECC Corrected Data The ECC value (explained above) read from the disk is
Error not the same value which was written to the disk. The
data is not correct. An attempt was made to correct the
data, but the ECC value is not corrected.
Requested Sector Not The requested sector could not be found.
Found
Reset Failed The reset command did not properly reset the hard
disk.
Seek Operation Failed A seek command failed. A seek operation is the act of
finding a particular sector on the hard disk.
Undefined Error - An unidentifiable error condition occurred.
Command Aborted
Write Fault on A write fault occurred during the write operation on the
Selected Drive hard disk drive.
Explanation