Lenovo NetVista Hardware Maintenance Manual for NetVista 6018, 6058, 6059, 626 - Page 53
Quick and Full erase - hard drive
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2. Select Fixed Disk Optimized Test. 3. Select one of the tests: v Hard Disk Test - Full performs a complete test of the hard disk drive. v Hard Disk Test - Quick performs a subset of the full hard disk tests. v Start SMART Hard Disk Test initiates an IDE extended offline self-test. v SMART Hard Disk Test Results runs the IDE extended offline self-test and displays the results. You can run the Start SMART Hard Disk Test and then continue with other diagnostics tests before running the Hard Drive Self-Test Results. 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. v Performs all the steps in Quick Erase. v Provides a DOS utility that writes random data to all sectors of the hard drive. v Provide an estimate of time to completion along with a visual representation of completion status. v Provides messages that warn the user about non-recoverable process. Important Make sure that the customer backs up all data before using the Quick or Full Erase function. To select the Quick Erase or Full Erase Hard Drive utility, use the following procedure. Chapter 2. Types 6568/6569/6648/6649 39