Toshiba Satellite 110 Series Maintenance Manual page 72

3.11 Hard Disk Test
To execute the Hard Disk Test, select 8 from the Diagnostic Test Menu, press Enter, and
follow the directions on the screen. The Hard Disk Test contains 10 subtests that test the
computer hard disk drive functions. The following messages appear after selecting the Hard
Disk Test from the Diagnostic Test Menu. To execute the test, answer each of the following
questions with an appropriate response:
NOTE: The contents of the hard disk drive will be erased when Subtest 02, 03, 04, 05,
06, 08, 09, or 10 is executed. Before running the test, transfer the contents of the hard
disk drive to floppy disks. This should be done with the BACKUP command in the
Toshiba Companion Utility. Do not use the MS-DOS BACKUP command.
After the Hard Disk Test is completed, execute the Toshiba MS-DOS FDISK command,
which will set the partition. Then execute the Toshiba MS-DOS FORMAT command.
Refer to the Toshiba MS-DOS manual for details.
1. When you select the Hard Disk Test from the Diagnostic Test Menu, the follow-
ing message appears:
Test drive number select (1:HDD#1,2:HDD#2,0:HDD1&2) ?
2. Select the hard disk drive number to be tested and press Enter. The following
message appears:
HDC F/W error retry (1:yes,2:no) ?
3. This message is used to select the retry operation when the hard disk controller
detects an error. Select 1 or 2 and press Enter. The following message appears:
Data compare error dump (1:no,2:yes) ?
4. This message is used to select the error dump operation when a data compare
error is detected. Select 1 or 2 and press Enter. The following message appears:
Detail status display (1:no,2:yes) ?
5. This message is used to select whether the HDD status displays on the screen.
The HDD status is described in Section 3.16. Select 1 or 2 and press Enter.
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