Complete the following steps to run the 48-bit LBA test program in true MS-DOS* on systems using Windows* 98 SE or Windows 98:

Note: The 48-bit LBA test program was designed to run in a true MS-DOS environment - not an MS-DOS prompt window

1. Press the F8 key on the keyboard immediately after the POST process completes. This must be done very quickly or the system will boot into the operating system.
2. Once the 'Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu' has appeared, arrow down and select option number 5 (titled 'Command prompt only') or press the Shift + F5 keys on your keyboard at the same time as highlighted below:
   
   
   
   Note: If you did not successfully press the F8 key at the correct time, you will boot into the operating system. If this occurs, simply power the system off and then power the system back on and press F8 again at the appropriate time. You can repeat this until you are successful.
3. This should take you to a command prompt (e.g. C:\). If it does not, try pressing the Shift + F5 keys at the same time again.
4. Once at the C:\ prompt, type in the appropriate location (i.e. where you downloaded the 48-bit LBA test program to) and file name:
   
   File Saved to Floppy Diskette:
   If you downloaded and saved the 48-bit LBA test program on a floppy diskette, insert the floppy into the floppy drive, type the command line below (without the A:\> and quotation marks) and then press enter to run the 48-bit LBA test program:
   A:\>"48lbachk.exe"
   
   
   File Saved to Hard Drive:
   If you downloaded and saved the 48-bit LBA test program to a location on your primary hard drive (typically C:\), type the command line below (without the A:\> and quotation marks) and then press enter to run the 48-bit LBA test program:
   A:\>"C:\Download_Location\48lbachk.exe"
   
   
5. After the 48-bit LBA test program has been run, remove the floppy diskette from the floppy drive and restart your system.

Note: When a computer is first powered-on, it completes a process known as POST (Power-On Self Test). POST is usually identified as the initial screen that contains the amount of memory in your system and the specific IDE / ATAPI devices that are installed such as hard drives and CD-ROMs. After the POST process completes, the system then boots into the operating system (e.g. Windows* 98 SE). The system has usually completed the POST process after all the IDE / ATAPI devices installed in the system have been recognized. There is usually a small delay after the IDE / ATAPI devices (e.g. hard drives and CD-ROMs) have been recognized before the system boots into the operating system.

This applies to:

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