Read, Verify Check - Epson Apex 20020, 20040 User Manual

Read, Verify Check

This test reads and verifies data from all tracks of the disk,
checking each cylinder and using both heads.
Select option 4 from the menu to start this test. The program
displays the number of each cylinder it finds. For example, with
a 20MB hard disk, the first message you see is:
Current cylinder is
The cylinder number counts down to 0.
At the end of the test, you see a table of the results of the test.
For example, for a 20MB hard disk with no bad tracks, you see:
BAD TRACKS
READ ERROR TRACKS
GOOD
Press ENTER to return to the menu
Press
Enter
If the results show BAD TRACKS on your disk, it is all right
because those tracks will not be used. If, however, the results
show any READ ERROR TRACKS, run the Destructive
surface analysis described in Appendix D.
Run All Above Checks
To run all the tests on the menu in sequence, press 5 and then
When you choose this option, all checks for the hard
Enter.
disk drives and controller are performed automatically in
sequential order. Although you do not start each test, you must
still supply the appropriate responses to progress from one test
to the next.
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when you have viewed the table.
Performing System Diagnostics
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