IBM 6649, 6578, 6579, 6269, 6059 Select Fixed Disk Optimized Test, Quick and Full erase hard drive

2.Select Fixed Disk Optimized Test.

3.Select one of the tests:

v Hard Disk Test - Full performs a complete test of the hard disk drive.

vHard Disk Test - Quick performs a subset of the full hard disk tests.

vStart SMART Hard Disk Test initiates an IDE extended offline self-test.

vSMART Hard Disk Test Results runs the IDE extended offline self-test and displays the results.

You can run the Start SMART Hard Disk Test and then continue with other diagnostics tests before running the Hard Drive Self-Test Results.

Quick and Full erase - hard drive

The IBM PC Enhanced Diagnostics Program offers two hard drive format utilities:

vQuick Erase Hard Drive

vFull Erase Hard Drive

The Quick Erase Hard Drive provides a DOS utility that performs the following steps.

vDestroys the Master Boot Record (MBR) on the hard drive.

vDestroys all copies of the FAT Table on all partitions (both the master and backup).

vDestroys the partition table.

vProvides messages that warn the user that this is a non-recoverable process.

The Full Erase Hard Drive provides a DOS utility that performs the following steps.

vPerforms all the steps in Quick Erase.

vProvides a DOS utility that writes random data to all sectors of the hard drive.

vProvide an estimate of time to completion along with a visual representation of completion status.

vProvides messages that warn the user about non-recoverable process.

Important

Make sure that the customer backs up all data before using the Quick or Full Erase function.

To select the Quick Erase or Full Erase Hard Drive utility, use the following procedure.

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