Test results, Quick and full erase - hard drive, Test – Lenovo Secure Managed Client User Manual

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v

Using

the

cursor

movement

keys,

highlight

a

single

test

within

a

test

category,

and

then

press

Enter

.

This

runs

only

that

test.

Press

Esc

at

any

time

to

stop

the

testing

process.

Test

results

(N/A,

PASSED,

FAILED,

ABORTED)

are

displayed

in

the

field

beside

the

test

description

and

in

the

test

log.

See

“Viewing

the

test

log”

on

page

43.

To

select

one

or

more

tests,

use

the

following

procedure.

1.

Open

the

corresponding

test

category.

2.

Using

the

cursor

movement

keys,

highlight

the

desired

test.

3.

Press

the

space

bar.

A

selected

test

is

marked

by

>>

.

Pressing

the

space

bar

again

de-selects

a

test

and

removes

the

>>.

4.

Repeat

steps

2

and

3

above

to

select

all

desired

tests.

Test

results

Diagnostics

test

results

produce

the

following

error

code

format:

Function

Code

Failure

Type

DeviceID

Date

ChkDigits

Text

v

Function

Code:

Represents

the

feature

or

function

within

the

PC.

v

Failure

Type:

Represents

the

type

of

error

encountered.

v

DeviceID:

Contains

the

component’s

unit-ID

which

corresponds

to

either

a

fixed

disk

drive,

removable

media

drive,

serial

or

parallel

port,

processor,

specific

RIMM,

or

a

device

on

the

PCI

bus.

v

Date:

Contains

the

date

when

the

diagnostic

test

was

run.

The

date

is

retrieved

from

CMOS

and

displayed

using

the

YYYYMMDD

format.

v

ChkDigits:

Contains

a

2-digit

check-digit

value

to

ensure

the

following:

Diagnostics

were

run

on

the

specified

date.

Diagnostics

were

run

on

the

specified

computer.

The

diagnostic

error

code

is

recorded

correctly.

v

Text:

Description

of

the

error.

Quick

and

Full

erase

-

hard

drive

The

diagnostics

program

offers

two

hard

drive

format

utilities:

v

Quick

Erase

Hard

Drive

v

Full

Erase

Hard

Drive

The

Quick

Erase

Hard

Drive

provides

a

DOS

utility

that

performs

the

following:

v

Destroys

the

Master

Boot

Record

(MBR)

on

the

hard

drive.

v

Destroys

all

copies

of

the

FAT

Table

on

all

partitions

(both

the

master

and

backup).

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