IBM 6343, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Chapter 3. Diagnostics
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The Full Erase Hard Drive provides a DOS utility that performs the following steps.
• Performs all the steps in Quick Erase.
• Provides a DOS utility that writes random data to all sectors of the hard drive.
• Provide an estimate of time to completion along with a visual representation of
completion status.
• Provides messages that warn the user about non-recoverable process.
To select the Quick Erase or Full Erase Hard Drive utility, use the following procedure.
1. Select the UTILITY option on the toolbar and press
Enter
.
2. Select either the QUICK ERASE or FULL ERASE HARD DISK option and follow
the instructions.
Asset EEPROM backup
When replacing a system board, this utility allows the backup of all Asset information
from the EEPROM to diskette. This utility also restores data to the EEPROM from
diskette after replacement of the system board.
To run this utility, use the following procedure.
• Select Utility
• Select Asset EEPROM Backup
• Follow instructions on screen.
Viewing the test log
Errors reported by the diagnostic test will be displayed by the program as a failed test.
To view details of a failure or to view a list of test results, use the following procedure
from any test category screen.
• Press F3 to activate the log file.
• Press F3 again to save the file to diskette or F2 to print the file.
Important: Make sure that all data is backed up before using the Quick or Full Erase
functions.