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pvu
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tHE pvu uTILITY IS A COMPREHENSIVE dISK vERIFY uTILITY.  iT ALLOWS THE USER TO EASILY LOCATE AND IDENTIFY FAULTY SECTORS ON A DISK.  aLL ldos SUPPORTED DISK DEVICES MAY BE OPERATED ON, INCLUDING sINGLE/dOUBLE dENSITY, sINGLE/dOUBLE sIDED, 5" AND 8" FLOPPIES AND FIXED/REMOVABLE DISK SYSTEMS.  tHE SYNTAX OF THE pvu COMMAND IS:
 
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          !  pvu,:A,B,C                                       !
          !                                                   !
          !          :A  = DRIVE TO BE VERIFIED (0-7)         !
          !          B   = y OR n (PAUSE ON FAULTY SECTORS)   !
          !          C   = STARTING CYLINDER (DEFAULT 0)      !
          !                                                   !
          !  ABBR: none                                       !
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     wHEN THE DESIRED PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED, THE SPECIFIED DRIVE WILL BE READ TO DETERMINE THE DISKETTE TYPE (CYLINDERS, DENSITY, SIDES).  eACH CYLINDER WILL THEN BE READ SECTOR BY SECTOR.  iF ANY ERRORS ARE FOUND, AND THE y (PAUSE) OPTION WAS GIVEN, YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO r>ETRY, s>KIP, OR a>BORT.
 
     wHEN THE DISK HAS BEEN COMPLETED, YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE NUMBER OF SECTORS CHECKED, AND THE NUMBER OF SECTORS THAT WERE NOT READ SUCCESSFULLY.  iF THERE WERE BAD SECTORS, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO PRESS enter FOR THE LIST OF FAULTY SECTORS.  eACH BAD SECTOR WILL THEN BE LISTED TO THE VIDEO.

