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Unlike
 
non-destructive
 
tests,
 
any
 
data
 
present
 
on
 
the
 
media
 
prior
 
to
 
the
 
test
 
beginning
 
is
 
lost.
 
FDAT
 
allows
 
for
 
enabling
 
or
 
disabling
 
destructive
 
tests,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
specifying
 
a
 
range
 
of
 
destructive
 
and
 
non-destructive
 
sectors
 
on
 
the
 
tested
 
drive.
 
This
 
is
 
done
 
through
 
the
 
configuration
 
of
 
the
 
FDAT.INI.
 
If
 
destructive
 
and
 
non-destructive
 
ranges
 
somehow
 
overlap,
 
then
 
the
 
overlapped
 
area
 
is
 
considered
 
non-destructive.
 
For
 
example,
 
if
 
users
 
specify
 
both
 
destructive
 
and
 
non-destructive
 
ranges
 
as
 
the
 
same,
 
then
 
the
 
entire
 
drive
 
is
 
tested
 
as
 
non-destructive.
 
Quick
 
and
 
Full
 
erase
 
-
 
hard
 
drive
 
The
 
Diagnostics
 
program
 
offers
 
two
 
hard
 
drive
 
format
 
utilities:
 
v
   
Quick
 
Erase
 
Hard
 
Drive
 
v
   
Full
 
Erase
 
Hard
 
Drive
The
 
Quick
 
Erase
 
Hard
 
Drive
 
provides
 
a
 
DOS
 
utility
 
that
 
performs
 
the
 
following
 
steps.
 
v
   
Destroys
 
the
 
Master
 
Boot
 
Record
 
(MBR)
 
on
 
the
 
hard
 
drive.
 
v
   
Destroys
 
all
 
copies
 
of
 
the
 
FAT
 
Table
 
on
 
all
 
partitions
 
(both
 
the
 
master
 
and
 
backup).
 
v
   
Destroys
 
the
 
partition
 
table.
 
v
   
Provides
 
messages
 
that
 
warn
 
the
 
user
 
that
 
this
 
is
 
a
 
non-recoverable
 
process.
   
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