Quick and Full erase - Hard drive
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Quick and Full erase - Hard drive
The IBM PC Enhanced Diagnostics Program offers two hard drive format utilities:
- Quick Erase Hard Drive
- Full Erase Hard Drive
The Quick Erase Hard Drive provides a DOS utility that performs the following:
- Destroys the Master Boot Record (MBR) on the hard drive.
- Destroys all copy of the FAT Table on all partitions (both the master and backup).
- Destroys the partition table.
- Provides messages that warn the user that this is a non-recoverable process.
The Full Erase Hard Drive provides a DOS utility that performs the following:
- Performs all the steps in Quick Erase.
- Provides a DOS utility that writes random data to all sectors of the hard drive.
- Provide an estimate of time to completion along with a visual representation of completion status.
- Provides messages that warn the user that this is a non-recoverable process.
-Important- Make sure customer backs up all data before using
the Quick or Full Erase function.
To select the Quick Erase or Full Erase Hard Drive utility:
- Select the UTILITY option on the toolbar and press Enter.
- Select either the QUICK ERASE or FULL ERASE HARD DISK option and then, follow the instructions.
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