3.9 Hard Disk TestHard Disk Test | 3 Tests and Diagnostics |
4.This message is used to select whether or not the HDC status is displayed on the screen. The HDC status is described in section 3.18. Select yes or no.
Detail status display | (1:No,2:Yes) |
5.After setting is completed, select the number of the subtest and press Enter. The following message will appear.
HDD DISK TEST IN PROGRESS XXXXXXX
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PASS COUNT:XXXXX | ERROR COUNT:XXXXX | ||
WRITE DATA:XXXXX | READ DATA | :XX | |
ADDRESS | :XXXXXX | STATUS | :XXX |
xxxDIAGNOSTIC TEST VX.XX [Ctrl]+[Break] ; test end
[Ctrl]+[C] | ; key stop |
The first three digits of the ADDRESS indicate which cylinder is being tested, the fourth digit indicates the head and the last two digits indicate the sector.
The first digit of the STATUS number indicates the drive number being tested and the last two digits indicate the error status code as explained in Table
Subtest 01 Sequential read
This subtest is a sequential reading of all the tracks on the HDD starting at track 0 to maximum track. When all the tracks on the HDD have been read, the test starts at the maximum track and reads the tracks on the HDD sequentially back to track 0.
Subtest 02 Address uniqueness
This subtest writes unique address data to each sector of the HDD
1.Forward sequential
2.Reverse sequential
3.Random
Subtest 03 Random address/data
This subtest writes random data in a random length to random addresses. This data is then read and compared to the original data.
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