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- DLGDIAG
-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
-
- This MODULE of the Data Lifeguard Tools program searches for and
- verifies the status of specific Western Digital drives. By accessing
- the Data Lifeguard information stored on the hard drive, the program
- is able to quickly and efficiently verify the status of the drive.
- If any errors are logged or found, it provides an option to return the
- drive to defect-free status through an extended test or repair option.
-
- DLGDIAG offers several options for verifying the defect-free status of
- your hard drive.
-
- QUICK TEST: The Quick Test is designed to intelligently gather and verify
- all of the Data Lifeguard information contained on the drive. The Quick
- Test can determine with a high level of confidence that a drive is
- defect-free in a short amount of time. For maximum confidence, the
- Extended Test is recommended. The Quick Test option may not be available
- on earlier hard drives.
-
- EXTENDED TEST: For most computers the DLGDIAG Extended Test takes 5-20
- minutes to test one drive. Larger drives take longer to test. The
- performance of the computer also affects the test time.
-
-
- TO RUN THE PROGRAM:
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- BACK UP DATA:
- Before running DLGDIAG, it is recommended that users back up all data
- for all hard drives. This utility may write to the drive during the
- re-certification process. As with all utilities that write to a drive,
- it is recommended that you back up your data before proceeding.
-
- STORE THE PROGRAM ON FLOPPY DRIVE:
- The program must be run from a floppy drive, so if downloaded, copy all
- files included in the zip to a formatted bootable floppy diskette in A:.
- All files must be included for the program to function properly. Running
- this program from the target hard drive while using certain operating
- systems can result in data loss and an inaccurate scan of the target
- drive.
-
- START THE PROGRAM: To start the program, type DLGDIAG at the
- A:\ DOS prompt.
-
- READ AND APPROVE LICENSE AGREEMENT:
- In order for the DLGDIAG program to run, the License Agreement must
- be agreed to by indicating "YES".
-
-
- TO TEST EACH DRIVE:
-
- Pick the 'Select Drive' option to see a list of all drives
- installed and the current status of each drive.
-
- For each drive that shows a status of 'DRIVE NOT TESTED', select
- the drive by using the up/down arrows until the desired drive
- is highlighted and hit ENTER, then return to the main menu to test
- the drive.
-
- Once the target drive is selected, choose either the Quick or
- Extended Test Options. The Quick Test option may not be available
- on earlier drives. If it is not available, then the program will
- give the user the option to run the Extended Test.
-
- Depending on the option selected, the 'Test' will take between 90
- seconds and 20 minutes to complete (depending on the size of the drive
- and the speed of the computer).
-
- At the end of the test a status is displayed. Also, the status for
- all drives is always available by choosing the 'Select Drive' option
- from the main menu.
-
- If errors are detected during a 'Test' option, the user will be
- given the option to attempt to repair the errors.
-
- Use the 'Select Drive' and 'Quick Test' and 'Extended Test' options
- to select, test, and repair each drive until all drives have been
- tested.
-
- Pick QUIT from the main menu to quit the program. At this point
- a message will inform you that the system should be reset to
- reinitialize the BIOS and hard drive(s). Hit CTRL-ALT-DELETE or
- turn the power off to restart the system.
-
- When rebooting, remove the floppy diskette so the system boots
- to C: instead of A:.
-
-
- TO CONTACT WD:
-
- In some cases the user may be requested to contact Western
- Digital Technical Support. You may contact Western Digital
- Technical Support at support.wdc.com or at (800) 275-4932 in the U.S.,
- or (31) 20.446.7651 in Europe, or consult your drive manual for
- further information. Alternately, you may contact the OEM or its
- warranty service provider who can support your needs.
-
-
- MAIN MENU OPTIONS:
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- Select Drive select drive and view status for all drives
- Quick Test 90 second 'intelligent' test of the selected drive
- Extended Test 5-20 minute scan of selected drive
- Write Zeros To Drive write zeros to the drive
- View Test Results display results for last drive tested
- Print Test Results print results for last drive tested
- Log File Open/Close store results for all drives tested - DLGDIAG.LOG
- Enter & Print RMA Info enter and print RMA when returning a drive to WD
- Help display the DLGDIAG help file - DLGDIAG.TXT
- Quit quit DLGDIAG
-
-
- COMMAND LINE SWITCHES:
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- -A Disable error code for SMART failures
- -B Check SMART status without menus
- -C Enable output to comma file
- -Dx Select drive x only, where x is 0-15 or ? to show drive info
- -E Run extended test without menus - with drive repair
- -FWRITE Write zeros to the first and last million sectors
- -G Show test history on the SMART log area
- -H Enable appending of log to history log file
- -L Disable output to log file
- -Ox Specify log file location, where x is the full path
- -Px Access drives at baseport x (hex address) only
- -Q Run Quick Test without menus
- -R Run performance test without menus
- -S Skip rebooting after a run of the program
- -V Run extended test without menus - without drive repair
- -WRITE Write zeros to the entire drive
-
-
- ERROR/STATUS CODES:
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- DESCRIPTION CODE
-
- COMPLETED WITHOUT ERRORS 0
- ABORTED BY HOST 1
- INTERRUPTED BY DRIVE RESET 2
- INCOMPLETE DUE TO ERROR 3
- UNKNOWN ELEMENT FAILURE 4
- ELECTRICAL ELEMENT FAILURE 5
- SERVO/SEEK ELEMENT FAILURE 6
- READ ELEMENT FAILURE 7
- HANDLING FAILURE 8
- UNKNOWN TEST STATUS 9
- UNKNOWN TEST STATUS 10
- UNKNOWN TEST STATUS 11
- UNKNOWN TEST STATUS 12
- UNKNOWN TEST STATUS 13
- UNKNOWN TEST STATUS 14
- TEST IN PROGRESS 15
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- ERRORS FOUND 100
- UNKNOWN ERROR 101
- SEEK TIMEOUT 102
- WRITE FAULT ERROR 103
- DRIVE NOT READY 104
- BUSY GLITCH 105
- TRACK 0 ERROR 106
- CHECK SUM ERROR 107
- SEEK NOT COMPLETE 108
- DRQ WAS SET 109
- DRQ NOT EXPECTED 110
- DIAG COMMAND ERROR 111
- IRQ TIMEOUT 112
- DRIVE TABLE ERROR 113
- TRANSFER RATE ERROR 114
- ICRC ERROR 115
- IDNF ERROR 116
- UNCORRECTABLE ECC ERROR 117
- DAM ERROR 118
- NO MULTI 119
- NO DRIVE FOUND 120
- SERVO ERROR 121
- UNKNOWN ERROR 122
- UNKNOWN ERROR 123
- CORRECTED DATA 124
- BAD TRACK 125
- UNKNOWN ERROR 126
- UNKNOWN ERROR 127
- BUFFER MISCOMPARE 128
- G-LIST ERROR 129
- INVALID SERIAL 130
- SERIAL RETRY 131
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- COMMAND ERROR 132
- ILLEGAL ID 133
- BUSY TIMEOUT 134
- DRQ TIMEOUT 135
- BAD SECTOR 136
- RELOCATED SECTOR 137
- STILL BUSY TIMEOUT 138
- DRQ NOT EXPECTED 139
- DRQ TIMEOUT ECC 140
- UNKNOWN ERROR 141
- TK-TK SEEK ERROR 142
- RANDOM SEEK ERROR 143
- THIRD STROKE ERROR 144
- FULL STROKE ERROR 145
- SEEK OVERHEAD ERROR 146
- BAD ID PARAMETERS 147
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- NOT SELECTED 148
- MASTER SLAVE ERROR 149
- UNKNOWN ERROR 150
- PARK ERROR 151
- WRITE PROTECT ERROR 152
- MEDIA ERROR 153
- MEDIA CHANGE ERROR 154
- MEDIA CHANGE REQ ERROR 155
- NO MEDIA ERROR 156
- SET MAX ERROR 157
- Q DMA SERVICE ERROR 158
- SMART ERROR 159
- UNKNOWN COMMAND 160
- RESET SIGNATURE 161
- READY EXPECTED 162
- UNKNOWN ERROR 163
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- DRIVE NOT TESTED 200
- NON-WD DRIVE 201
- DRIVE NOT SUPPORTED 202
- WRITE LOG ERROR 203
- MISSING LOG FILE 204
- ABORTED BY USER 205
- MEMORY ALLOCATION ERROR 206
- CRITICAL RESOURCE ERROR 207
- FATAL ERROR 208
- SELF TEST FAILED TO RUN 209
- SELF TEST INCOMPLETE 210
- 2-9 UNCORR ECC ERRORS 211
- 10+ UNCORR ECC ERRORS 212
- 2-9 DAM ERRORS 213
- 10+ DAM ERRORS 214
- 2-9 IDNF ERRORS 215
- 10+ IDNF ERRORS 216
- 2-9 SERVO ERRORS 217
- 10+ SERVO ERRORS 218
- DRIVE CABLE ERROR 219
- DRIVE IS LOCKED 220
- TEST NOT SUPPORTED 221
- DRIVE FAILED THE TEST 222
- ERRORS REPAIRED 223
- ERRORS NOT REPAIRED 224
- TOO MANY ERRORS FOUND 225
- SECTOR RELOCATION ERROR 226
- SMART NOT SUPPORTED 227
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- TEST RECORD HISTORY:
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- The test status and time are stored in SMART log area and can be retrieved
- by using -g switch.
-
- A sample test record appears:
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- 08/22/2002 11:35:00,DLGDIAG 5.00, TEST 7, STATUS/ERROR CODE = 00000
-
- The Test # indicates one of the test options which are:
-
- 1 - Quick Test
- 2 - Extended Test
- 3 - Write Zero Test
- 4 - Data Transfer Test
- 5 - SMART Status Test
- 6 - Status Register Error
- 7 - Command Error
-
- The Status # indicates one of the error or status code returned by
- DLGDIAG.
-
- If test can't write status to log file, the 5th digit of the status/error code
- will be set to 1.
-