Before any checks are performed, the program determines the number of diskette (floppy disk) drives installed in your computer. If you have two drives, you see this prompt each time you select a test:
Check which drive (A/B)?
Press A or B and then Enter.
If any errors occur, write down the error code and message and contact your Epson dealer. Always have diskette drives serviced by your dealer.
When you finish running the checks, press 0 and Enter to return to the DEVICE LIST menu.
Sequential Seek Check
This test checks the ability of the read/write heads to locate any part of the diskette. This action by a read/write head is called a seek. During this test, each head seeks sequentially from the innermost track to the outermost track. The innermost track is 39 for a 360KB 5
Select option 1 from the menu to start this test. The program displays the number of each track it finds, counting down from 79 or 39 to 0.
The seek is performed by each head, so you see the count twice. If no errors occur, the menu reappears.
Random Seek Check
This test is identical to the sequential seek check, except that the seek operation is performed on each track in random order instead of sequentially. Select option 2 from the menu to start this test.