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25 floppy disk drive utilities, 1 function description – Toshiba PORTEGE M400 User Manual

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3 Tests and Diagnostics

3.25 Floppy Disk Drive Utilities

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PORTEGE M400 Maintenance Manual (960-541)

3.25 Floppy Disk Drive Utilities

3.25.1 Function

Description

This function formats the FDD, copies the floppy disk and displays the dump list for both the
FDD and HDD.

1. FORMAT

NOTE: This program is only for testing a floppy disk drive. It is different from the

Toshiba MS-DOS FORMAT command.

This program can format a floppy disk in the following formats:

(a) 2DD: Double-sided, double-density, double-track, 96/135 TPI, MFM mode,

512 bytes, 9 sectors/track.

(b) 2HD: Double-sided, high-density, double-track, 96/135 TPI, MFM mode, 512

bytes, 18 sectors/track.

2. COPY

This program copies data from a source floppy disk to a target floppy disk.

3. DUMP

This program displays the contents of the floppy disk and the designated sectors of
the hard disk on the display.

4. HDD ID READ

This program reads the hard disk ID and displays hard disk model number.