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- RUNNING FHDX
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- The FHDX disk contains the following files:
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- AUTO a folder that contains the following program(s):
- AHDI.PRG (version 3.01)
- - FHDX 3.4 uses this to read/write hard disks.
- FHDX.PRG Factory Hard Disk Utility Program
- FHDX.RSC FHDX GEM resource file
- TUTORIAL.DOC this tutorial
- README.DOC a "must read" document
- WINCAP configuration file for default unit, default disk
- type, hard disk controller test, daisy-chain test,
- format, partition, and burn-in test.
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- Double-click on FHDX.PRG to run the hard disk utility.
- Move the mouse cursor to the "Disk" menu and click on
- Select Unit, Select Disk Model, Controller Test,
- Daisy-chain Test, Format Disk, Input Defect List,
- Burn-in Test, or Ship.
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- SELECT UNIT
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- Click on the appropiate unit number, and then click on
- OK to select that unit, or CANCEL to abort. The unit
- number displayed on the screen will be updated. This
- unit number will be used throughout the FHDX session
- until another unit number is selected using SELECT
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- SELECT DISK MODEL
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- Click on the appropiate disk type. If further selec-
- tions are given, click on the appropiate model number.
- Click on OK to select that disk type, or CANCEL to
- abort. The disk type displayed on the screen will be
- updated. This disk model will be used throughout the
- FHDX session until another disk model is selected using
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- CONTROLLER TEST
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- When the test is finished, the screen will either turn
- red if the disk failed the test, or stay green if it
- passed. Hit Return or click on the message box in the
- middle to get back to the main menu.
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- DAISY-CHAIN TEST
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- When the test is finished, the screen will either turn
- red if the disk failed the test (the message in the
- middle of the screen will tell you whether the disk
- failed on a write error, a read error or a data com-
- parison error), or stay green if it passed. Hit Return
- or click on the message box in the middle to get back
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- FORMAT DISK
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- The format would begin as soon as you click on Format
- Disk on the menu. Please note that the disk will be
- partitioned after it is formatted. The default parti-
- tion scheme for each disk type is specified in the WIN-
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- INPUT DEFECT LIST
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- (1) If a defect list already exists, a dialogue box will
- come up on the screen and ask if you want to keep the
- defect list that already exists. Click on Yes to keep
- the current list. Click on No to ignore the current
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- (2) A dialogue box will come up on the screen to inquire
- the type of tester used to generate the defects
- recorded by the hard disk vendor. Select MFM or RLL
- and then click on Start to begin inputting, or click on
- Cancel to abort.
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- (3) A form will come up on the screen with blanks for Head
- number, Cylinder number and Byte offset. Fill in the
- blanks with the appropiate number from the defects
- recorded by the hard disk vendor. To move the cursor
- through the entries, use the 'Tab' key or the up/down
- arrow keys. Click on Next (or hit 'Return') to enter
- the next defect, or click on Done when you are finished
- inputting.
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- (4) A dialogue box will come up on the screen to inquire
- what to do next. You should click on 'Examine the
- defect list' if you have just finished inputting the
- defects. Click on 'Save the defect list' to save the
- defects and leave. Click on 'Quit without saving' to
- leave without saving the defects just entered.
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- (5) If you have clicked on 'Examine the defect list' in
- step 4, a window will come up displaying the defects
- that you have just entered. Examine each entry care-
- fully. If not all of the defects are displayed, click
- on the up/down arrows or the scroll bar to move the
- content in the window up or down.
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- (6) If you find an incorrect entry, click on the entry. A
- form will come up with the entered numbers. Correct
- the wrong number(s). Click on OK to save the corrected
- numbers, click on Delete to remove that entry, or click
- on Cancel to ignore the correction(s). Deleted entries
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- (7) After examining all entries thoroughly, click on the
- close box on the upper left hand corner of the window.
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- (8) A dialogue box similar to the one in step 4 will show
- up. Click on the action you want to take (see step 4).
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- BURN-IN TEST
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- (1) The burn-in test begins as soon as you click on the
- menu entry.
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- (2) A dialogue box will come up on the screen informing the
- progress of the test. To suspend the test, hit <ctrl-
- s>. To resume the test after suspending it, hit
- <ctrl-r>. To quit the test, hit <ctrl-q>.
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- (3) After you quit the test, the screen will either turn
- red if the disk failed the test, or stay green if it
- passed. Hit 'Return' or click on the message box in
- the middle of the screen to exit.
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- (4) A window will then come up displaying the defects (in
- form of head number, cylinder number and sector number)
- that have been logged on the drive. If there are more
- defects than the window could display at one time,
- click on the up/down arrows or the scroll bar to move
- the content in the window up or down. Click on the
- close box on the upper left hand corner of the window
- or hit Return to get back to the main menu.
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- SHIP
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- An alert box will come up on the screen to remind you
- to turn off and disconnect your hard disk after the
- disk heads are parked. You MUST switch off the power
- of the disk once its heads have been parked.
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