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Click on this radio button if you want to keep a log of all errors encountered by a selected tool, and all warnings and
information messages generated as a result of tool activity.
User Queries
You may select whether to interact with a specified tool, or to use the tool's default information values, depending
upon which of the following radio buttons you select:
Allow
Disallow (Non-Destructive)
Disallow (Destructive)
Allow
When you click on this radio button, you can interact with a specified tool, instead of using the tool's default
information values.
Disallow (Non-Destructive)
When you click on this radio button, you can disable the "User Queries" function, and run the tool both non-
interactively and non-destructively.
Disallow (Destructive)
When you click on this radio button, you will perform DESTRUCTIVE tests non-interactively.
You will see the following WARNING message displayed:
WARNING: You have set the User Queries option to enable destructive
tests.
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When User Queries is set to 'Disallow: allow destructive operations,'
some tools will perform DESTRUCTIVE tests. For example, ALL DATA on
unmounted disk drives WILL BE DESTROYED. The 'Disallow: allow
destructive operations' setting of the User Queries option is intended
for manufacturing tests only. Use of this setting is highly
discouraged.
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To change the User Queries option, you must re-enter the
(verify / exercise / diagnose) options menu.
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Diagnose
Use this function to configure the options which will be used for subsequently executing tools, including:
Execution iterations, timeouts, and looping
Error isolation level
Extent of test coverage
Contents of the Diagnose Tool Activity Log
Allowing/disallowing user queries
By clicking on an individual checkbox, and then pressing F1, you can get help on that particular item. For example, if
you place your cursor on the "User Queries" checkbox, and then press F1 or choose "Help", you will get the following: