3.22 Floppy Disk Drive Utilities 3 Tests and Diagnostics
3.22 Floppy Disk Drive Utilities
3.22.1 Function Description
This function formats the FDD, copies the floppy disk and displays the dump list for both the
FDD and HDD.
1. FORMAT
COUTION: This program is only for testing a floppy disk drive. The option is different
from the MS-DOS FORMAT command.
This program formats the floppy disk in the following formats.
(a) 2DD: Double-sided, double-density, double-track, 96/135 TPI, MFM mode,
512 bytes, 9 sectors/track.
(b) 2HD: Double-sided, high-density, double-track, 96/135 TPI, MFM mode, 512
bytes, 18 sectors/track.
2. COPY
This program copies data from a source floppy disk to a target floppy disk.
3. DUMP
This program displays the contents of the floppy disk and the designated sectors of
the hard disk.
4. HDD-ID
This program reads the hard disk ID and displays the hard disk ID, serial number and
other hard disk information.
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