
3 Tests and Diagnostics | 3.14 Hard Disk Test |
4.The Hard Disk Test message will appear after you respond to the Detail Status prompt. Select the number of the subtest you want to execute and press [Enter]. The following message will appear during each subtest.
HARD DISK TEST XXXXXXX
XXXDIAGNOSTIC TEST VX.XX [Ctrl]+[Break] : test end
[Ctrl]+[C] | : key stop |
SUB TEST | : XX |
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PASS COUNT | : XXXXX | ERROR COUNT | : XXXXX |
WRITE DATA | : XX | READ DATA | : XX |
ADDRESS | : XXXXXX | STATUS | : XXX |
The first three digits of the ADDRESS indicate which cylinder is being tested, the fourth digit indicates the head number and the last two digits indicate the sector number.
The first digit of the STATUS indicates the drive being tested and the last two digits indicate the error status code as explained in the table
Subtest 01 Sequential read
This subtest is a sequential reading of all the tracks on the HDD starting at track 0. 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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