Hard disk parameters, B-13 – Epson Equity 320SX PLUS User Manual

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Destructive tests

Format

Media analysis

Force bad tracks

Non-destructive tests

Performance

Seek

Read/verify

Check test cylinder

Before performing any destructive test, the program displays
the following messages:

W A R N I N G

All data on hard disk you have

specified may be lost...

Do you still want to continue (Y/N)?

Press Y and

Enter

to begin the test. Press

N

and

Enter

to stop

the operation.

Caution

You should not run any of the destructive tests on a SCSI
hard disk drive.

Hard Disk Parameters

The program may ask for the following parameters:

Disk drive identifier
Disk drive type

Interleave factor
Bad track list

Start cylinder number

End cylinder number

Start head number
End head number

Each parameter is described below.

Performing System Diagnostics

B-13

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