Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Procedures
Satellite T130, Satellite Pro T130 and PORTEGE T130Maintenance Manual (960-Q08)
Procedure 3 Format Check
The computer’s HDD is formatted using the Free-DOS FORMAT program or the physical
format program of the test program. To format the HDD, start with Check 1 below and
perform the other steps as required.
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If 2.5” eck 2.
Check 2 Using the Free-DOS FDISK command, set the 2.5” HDD partition. If the partition
is not set, go to Check 3. If it is set, format 2.5” HDD using Free-DOS FORMAT
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Refer to the Free-DOS Manual for the operation of Free-DOS. For the format by the test
program, refer to the Chapter 3.
Check 1 Format an 2.5” HDD using Free-DOS FORMAT command. Type as FORM
C:/S/U.
HDD can not be formatted, perform Ch
nd.
Check 3 Using the Diagnostic Disk, format 2.5” HDD with a format option (physical
format). If HDD is formatted, set the 2.5” HDD partition using Free-DOS FDISK
command.
If you cannot format 2.5” HDD using the Tests and Diagnostic program, go to
Procedure 4.