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•FullEraseHardDrive
QuickEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:
•DestroystheMasterBootRecord(MBR)ontheharddrive.
•DestroysallcopiesoftheFATTableonallpartitions(boththemasterandbackup).
•Destroysthepartitiontable.
•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuserthatthisisanon-recoverableprocess.
FullEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:
•PerformsallthestepsinQuickErase.
•ProvidesaDOSutilitythatwritesrandomdatatoallsectorsoftheharddrive.
•Providesanestimateoftimetocompletionalongwithavisualrepresentationofcompletionstatus.
•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuseraboutnon-recoverableprocess.
Important:MakesurethatalldataisbackedupbeforeusingtheQuickorFullErasefunctions.
ToselecttheQuickEraseorFullEraseHardDriveutility.Dothefollowing:
1.SelecttheUTILITYoptiononthetoolbarandpressEnter.
2.SelecteithertheQUICKERASEorFULLERASEHARDDISKoptionandfollowtheinstructions.
Viewingthetestlog
Errorsreportedbythediagnostictestwillbedisplayedbytheprogramasafailedtest.
Toviewdetailsofafailureortoviewalistoftestresults,usethefollowingprocedurefromanytestcategory
screen:
1.PressF3toactivatethelogle.
2.PressF3againtosavetheletodisketteorpressF2toprintthele.
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