Floppy disk drive utilities – Toshiba M10 User Manual
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3.26 Floppy Disk Drive Utilities
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3.26 Floppy Disk Drive Utilities
3.26.1 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. The option is different from the
Toshiba MS-DOS FORMAT command.
This program can format a 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch 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
This program reads the hard disk ID and displays the hard disk ID, serial number and
other hard disk information.