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Read, verify check, Run all above tests, Enter – Epson Equity II User Manual

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Read, verify check

This test reads and verifies data from all tracks of the disk, checking each

cylinder and using both heads.

Select option 5 from the menu to start this test.

The program displays the number of each cylinder it finds. For example,

with a hard disk, the first message you see is:

Current cylinder is

nnn

The cylinder number counts down to 0.

At the end of the test, you see a table of the results of the test. For

example, for a hard disk with no bad tracks, you see:

BAD TRACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

n

READ ERROR TRACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

n

GOOD TRACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

nnnn

Press ENTER to return to the menu

Press

Enter

when you have viewed the table.

Run all above tests

To run

all the tests on the menu in sequence, press 6 and then

Enter.

When you choose this option, all checks for the hard disk drives and

controller are performed automatically in sequential order. Although you do
not start each test, you must still supply the appropriate responses to progress
from one test to the next. The first prompt you see is:

The

data

on the highest physical cylinder may be

destroyed by this check.

Enter Y to start this check.

Enter N to return to the menu.

Press Y

and then

Enter

to continue with the test.

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