IBM Personal Computer XT Manual To Operations page 128

This test can take up to 5 minutes.
2
Did the following appear on your screen?
Note: If you pressed N (no write test),
PERFORMING WRITE TEST will not
appear.
*** WARNING ***
DATA ON CYLINDER 305 WILL BE
OVERWRITTEN BY FIXED DISK WRITE TESTS
DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE FIXED DISK
WRITE TESTS ON DRIVE C: (YIN) ? y
PERFORMING SEEK TEST
PERFORMING WRITE TEST
PERFORMING TRACK ZERO TEST
PERFORMING SURFACE SCAN
PLEASE STAND BY
YES - If you have one fixed disk drive, your
system has successfully completed this
test. Continue with the next Test.
If
you have two fixed disk drives, continue.
NO - Record the error message and have the
unit that contains the fixed disk drive
serviced.
1700-2 Test
April 1984