Epson II+ Manuel D’Utilisation

If you have only one floppy disk drive, you see a prompt to remove the

diagnostics diskette and insert a blank diskette before running the test. You

see these messages:

Use only a formatted blank diskette for this test.

Any data present may be erased.

If using drive A, remove 

your 

Diagnostics Disk.

Enter Y to start this check.

Enter N to 

return 

to the menu.

Make sure the blank diskette you prepared is in drive A, then press Y and

The program displays the current track number as each cylinder is

tested. For example, with a 1.2MB floppy disk, the first message you see is:

Current track is 79

This test checks the revolution speed of the specified disk drive. Select

option 4 from the menu to start this test. You see a message similar to this:

The disk 

rotation 

speed should be more than

352.8 rpm and less than 367.2 rpm.

The computer spins the diskette for a few seconds then displays a

message like this:

The disk rotation speed is now 360.5 rpm.

The diskette continues to spin and the message listing the rotation speed

updates every few seconds. To stop the test, press any key; the program
returns to the menu.

If you try to perform a speed test without inserting a floppy disk, or if a

read error occurs, you see this message and prompt:

Disk is defective or not installed properly.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.

This check tests the ability of a drive to detect that a diskette has been

inserted or removed. Disk changes can only be detected by 1.2MB or 720KB
(3     disk drives.