Floppy Disk Drive Utilities - Toshiba 430CDT 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 as follows:
(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
2. FORMAT program
(a) Selecting FORMAT displays the following message:
DIAGNOSTICS - FLOPPY DISK FORMAT : VX.XX
Drive number select (1:A, 2:B) ?
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