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IBM IntelliStation/IBM PC - IBM PC Enhanced Diagnostics (PC Doctor) quick/full erase utility and formatting

Applicable to: World-Wide

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The updated IBM PC Enhanced Diagnostic program, PC Doctor version 1.8.362 (P/N05L1930), offers two fixed disk utilities equal in function to traditional DOS low level format utilities. These two utilities are:

- 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 above steps in Quick Erase.
- Provides a DOS utility that writes random data to all sectors of the hard drive. (provides a more secure erasure of the hard drive)
- Provides 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.

** WARNING **

When running either of these utilities, it should be noted that Quick & Full Erase DO NOT perform a simple re-format of a particular partition (C:, D:, etc.), but destroys all data including ALL partitions on the fixed disk drive.

The PC Doctor Enhanced Diagnostic diskette does not include the FDISK and FORMAT DOS utilities. After running the Quick or Full Erase utilities, it will be necessary to re-partition and re-format the fixed disk drive using the installation disks provided with the desired operating system.

For a complete listing of supported machine types, refer to the SAS KEYWORDS section below.

PC Doctor is a trademark of Watergate Software.

SAS KEYWORDS:
PSY2 PSVP IBMPC PSVPDIAG
PSY2DIAG PSY2PROG PSVPPROG PSVPECA
PSY2ECA UNCLASSIFIED D/T6575 D/T6585
ECAVALID D/T6576 D/T6586 D/T6560
D/T6260 D/T6272 D/T6282 D/T6577
D/T6587 D/T6588 D/T6589 D/T6598
D/T6875 D/T6885 D/T6876 D/T6886
D/T6877 D/T6887 D/T6888 D/T6899
D/T6562 D/T6592 D/T6898 D/T6561
D/T6591

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Date Created

26-02-98

Last Updated

29-10-98

Revision Date

27-10-99

Brand

IBM IntelliStation, IBM PC

Product Family

M Pro, Z Pro, PC 140, PC 300GL, PC 300XL, PC 300PL, PC 330, PC 340, PC 350, PC 360, PC 365, PC 730, PC 750

Machine Type

6888, 6898, 6899, 6260, 6272, 6282, 6561, 6591, 6588, 6562, 6592, 6575, 6576, 6577, 6560, 6585, 6586, 6587, 6598, 6589, 6875, 6876, 6877, 6885, 6886, 6887

Model

various

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H162849

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