Quick and full erase - hard drive, Quick, Full – IBM 2292 User Manual

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non-destructive

ranges

somehow

overlap,

then

the

overlapped

area

is

considered

non-destructive.

For

example,

if

users

specify

both

destructive

and

non-destructive

ranges

as

the

same,

then

the

entire

drive

is

tested

as

non-destructive.

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

steps.

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).

v

Destroys

the

partition

table.

v

Provides

messages

that

warn

the

user

that

this

is

a

non-recoverable

process.

Chapter

4.

Diagnostics

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