Computer Hardware User Manual

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FunctionCode:
RepresentsthefeatureorfunctionwithinthePC.
FailureType:
Representsthetypeoferrorencountered.
DeviceID:
Containsthecomponent'sunit-IDwhichcorrespondstoeitheraxeddiskdrive,removablemediadrive,
serialorparallelport,processor,specicRIMM,oradeviceonthePCIbus.
Date:
Containsthedatewhenthediagnostictestwasrun.ThedateisretrievedfromCMOSanddisplayed
usingtheYYYYMMDDformat.
ChkDigits:
Containsa2-digitcheck-digitvaluetoensurethefollowing:
Diagnosticswererunonthespecieddate.
Diagnosticswererunonthespeciedcomputer.
Thediagnosticerrorcodeisrecordedcorrectly.
Text:
Descriptionoftheerror.
Note:See"Diagnosticerrorcodes"onpage44
forerrorcodelistings.
QuickandFullerase-harddrive
Thediagnosticsprogramofferstwoharddriveformatutilities:
QuickEraseHardDrive
FullEraseHardDrive
TheQuickEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:
DestroystheMasterBootRecord(MBR)ontheharddrive.
DestroysallcopiesoftheFATTableonallpartitions(boththemasterandbackup).
Destroysthepartitiontable.
Providesmessagesthatwarntheuserthatthisisanon-recoverableprocess.
TheFullEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:
PerformsallthestepsinQuickErase.
ProvidesaDOSutilitythatwritesrandomdatatoallsectorsoftheharddrive.
Providesanestimateoftimetocompletionalongwithavisualrepresentationofcompletionstatus.
Providesmessagesthatwarntheuseraboutnon-recoverableprocess.
Important:MakesurethatalldataisbackedupbeforeusingtheQuickorFullErasefunctions.
ToselecttheQuickEraseorFullEraseHardDriveutility,usethefollowingprocedure:
1.SelecttheUTILITYoptiononthetoolbarandpressEnter.
2.SelecteithertheQUICKERASEorFULLERASEHARDDISKoptionandfollowtheinstructions.
Viewingthetestlog
Errorsreportedbythediagnostictestwillbedisplayedbytheprogramasafailedtest.
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