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–

Diagnostics

were

run

on

the

specified

date.

–

Diagnostics

were

run

on

the

specified

IBM

computer.

–

The

diagnostic

error

code

is

recorded

correctly.

v

Text:

Description

of

the

error.

Note:

See

“IBM

Enhanced

Diagnostic

error

codes”

on

page

37

for

error

code

listings.

Hard

file

Smart

test

Use

the

Hard

File

Smart

Test

when

the

system

management

tool

has

detected

a

hard

file

SMART

alert.

The

Smart

test

does

the

following:

v

Interrogates

IDE

devices

for

support

of

the

SMART

instruction

set.

v

Issues

a

ENABLE

SMART

command

to

make

sure

SMART

functionality

is

active.

v

Checks

the

SMART

RETURN

STATUS

command

to

determine

if

any

thresholds

have

been

exceeded.

If

thresholds

have

been

exceeded,

an

error

message

is

shown,

and

the

test

fails.

If

no

SMART

is

supported

by

the

drive,

the

test

returns

with

″N/A″.

Fixed

Disk

Optimized

Test

You

can

use

the

Fixed

Disk

Optimized

Test

to

identify

a

particular

area

of

a

hard

disk

that

fails

during

testing.

You

can

also

use

this

test

to

correct

types

of

errors.

To

run

the

Fixed

Disk

Optimized

Test,

do

the

following:

1.

From

the

toolbar,

select

Diagnostics.

2.

Select

Fixed

Disk

Optimized

Test.

3.

Select

Hard

Drives

-

Normal

Test

to

run

a

complete

hard

file

test.

4.

Select

Hard

Drives

-

Presence

Test

to

run

a

test

to

check

the

drive

controller

and

report

any

SMART

information

that

the

drive

has

detected.

Quick

and

Full

erase

-

hard

drive

The

IBM

PC

Enhanced

Diagnostics

Program

offers

two

hard

drive

format

utilities:

v

Quick

Erase

Hard

Drive

v

Full

Erase

Hard

Drive

The

Quick

Erase

Hard

Drive

provides

a

DOS

utility

that

performs

the

following

steps.

v

Destroys

the

Master

Boot

Record

(MBR)

on

the

hard

drive.

v

Destroys

all

copies

of

the

FAT

Table

on

all

partitions

(both

the

master

and

backup).

v

Destroys

the

partition

table.

v

Provides

messages

that

warn

the

user

that

this

is

a

non-recoverable

process.

The

Full

Erase

Hard

Drive

provides

a

DOS

utility

that

performs

the

following

steps.

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3.

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