Diagnostics and Maintenance
6.2.5Tests
This HDD can be tested in the following ways:
•Initial seek operation check (See Subsection 6.3.1)
•Operation test (See Subsection 6.3.2)
•Diagnostic test (See Subsection 6.3.3)
Figure 6.1 shows the flow of these tests.
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Figure 6.1 Test flowchart
Analyze
Analyze HDD error (Table 6.3)
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