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Chapter 3. Diagnostics
Setup Utility program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Product Recovery Program menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
When to use the Low-Level Format program . . . 17
Preparing the hard disk drive for use . . . . . . . . . . 17
The following tools are available to help identify and resolve hardware-related
problems.
• Setup Utility program
• Power-On Self-Test (POST)
— POST Beep Codes
—Error Code Format
• Diagnostics program
• Recovery utility
— Full recovery
— Partial recovery
• Repair utility