Dell 4100 Advanced Testing Help Categories, Drive A, The diskette disk drive device reads and writes data to and from, convenient means of storing and transferring data

Using the Dell™ Diagnostics: Dell Inspiron 4100

1.Press .

2.Highlight the Help category and press , or press the key that corresponds to the highlighted letter in the category you choose.

Advanced Testing Help Categories

Help Category	Description
Menu	Provides descriptions of the main menu screen area, the device groups, and the
	different diagnostic menus and commands and instructions on how to use them.
Keys	Explains the functions of all the keystrokes that can be used in the Dell Diagnostics.
Device group	Describes the test group that is presently highlighted in the Device Groups list on
	the main menu screen. It also provides reasoning for using some tests.
Device	Describes the function and purpose of the highlighted device in the Device Groups
	list. For example, the following information appears when you select the Device
	Help category for Diskette in the Device Groups list:
	Diskette
	Drive A
	The diskette disk drive device reads and writes data to and from
	diskettes. Diskettes are flexible recording media, sometimes contained
	in hard shells. Diskette recording capacities are small and access
	times are slow relative to hard disk drives, but they provide a
	convenient means of storing and transferring data.
Test	Provides a thorough explanation of the test procedure of each highlighted test
	group subtest. An example of the Diskette subtest floppy drive Seek Test is as
	follows:
	Diskette
	Drive A - floppy drive Seek Test
	This test verifies the drive's ability to position its read/write
	heads. The test operates in two passes: first, seeking from the
	beginning to ending cylinders inclusively, and second, seeking
	alternately from the beginning to ending cylinders with convergence
	towards the middle.
Versions	Lists the version numbers of the subtests that are used by the Dell Diagnostics.

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