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Starting the floppy disk drive check, D-23 – Epson 10020 User Manual

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4.

Insert the diskette to be formatted in the drive you selected

and press

Enter.

The screen displays the head and cylinder

numbers as the diskette is formatted.

When the format is complete, you see these messages (for a
360KB diskette):

Format complete

362496 bytes total disk space
362496 bytes available on disk

Format another (Y/N)?

You can format another diskette or return co the

OPER4TION MENU. Then press 3 and Enter

to

select

Systemdiagnostics.

Starting the Floppy Disk Drive Check

To run the floppy disk drive check, select option 6 from the

DEVICE LIST. After you choose the number of times to run

the test, the screen displays this menu:

FLOPPY DISK DRIVE(S) AND CONTROLLER CHECK MENU

l - Sequential seek check

2 - Randomseek check

3 - Write, read check

4 - Speed

check

5 - Run

all above

checks

0 - Exit

Enter selection number:

Performing System Diagnostics D-23