B.5 PC-Doctor Menus
There are several selections available from the menu bar of the PC-Doctor
Diagnostics main menu. These include:
•Diagnostics
•Interactive Tests
•Hardware Info
•Utility
•Quit
B.5.1 Online Help (?)
To obtain context sensitive help from any menu, press F1. Pressing F1 twice (or
clicking on the question mark in the upper left-hand corner of t he menu) provides
you with complete online documentation.
B.5.2 Diagnostics
The Diagnostics menu allows you to run non-destructive tests with little or no
operator interaction. Options available from the PC-Doctor Diagnostics Menu
include:
•System Test - tests all major aspects of the system except those found in
Memory, Hard Disk, Floppy Disk, and the Miscellaneous Test categories.
•Memory Test - tests all types of main memory in the system including base,
extended, expanded, and upper memory block (UMB) memory.
•Hard Disk Test - tests all hard disk drives in the system that are either IDE or
provide a BIOS command interface.
•Floppy Disk Test - tests all floppy disk drives in the system.
•All Tests - allows you to select which tests to run. You can also specify special
testing options. By pressing F2, the following options are available:
•Halt On Errors - interrupts testing if an error is detected.
nNote: External serial and parallel port testing requires loopback plugs (not provided
with this software).
•External Loopback - tests external loopback of COM and LPT ports.
You can select the type of loopback adapter you want to use.
•Pass Count - selects how many times tests are repeated. The highest limit
is 9999 times.
•Test Logging - opens the Log Options menu that lets you define how test
results are printed or stored to a file during testing. By d efault,
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