Victoria for Windows English Help (Google Translated)
Posted: July 25th, 2009, 13:57
Hi,
here is the Victoria for Windows English help file translated by Google.
Hope this will help some people, who try to use this excellent program and do not speak Russian.
Regards,
Brahman
Victoria
universal program for testing the storage of information
Contents:
Key features
System requirements
Setting up the program
Menu "Setup"
Timers
How to repair HDD
Key features
When working through the ports:
* Reading Passport drive and display the full technical information on storage;
* Definition set in ATA / SATA controller (including additional);
* Office of acoustic noise;
* View S.M.A.R.T. parameters of drive, quick assessment of his condition on pseudographic scales and register status. Includes viewing of hidden attributes drives IBM / HITACHI;
* Running the built-in HDD SMART-control tests and their passing;
* Using Host Protected Area: a change and restore the physical volume of the disc;
* 12 test mode of verification, reading and writing, with the calculation and display of addresses of defective blocks;
* charting surface;
* detector: an analysis of the state of the surface by 4 all kinds of tests, with the calculation and mapping of unstable sites, indicating the exact address of each volatile auto sector, and placed them in a text file;
* measurement speed shaft HDD, including the new drive without a field INDEX;
* hidden defects surface method redirection of sectors from the reserve (remap) for any of the 8 tests;
* Measuring performance hard drive (benchmarks functions):
* Measuring the speed of the linear, nonlinear and random reading from the HDD;
* Measuring the speed of HDD head positioning time and access to the sector;
* Measuring the speed of reading graphic methods;
* Exploring the sectors with the opportunity to edit;
* Disk Cleanup (or part thereof) of information - "low-level format";
* Manage security options: setting up a password on the HDD, remove a password, the rapid blurring of the information without the possibility of its restoration, etc.
* Ability to stop and start the spindle motor HDD;
* Test head positioning HDD (the same way as it does in the operating system intensive work), to determine the reliability and heat resistant disk PCs;
* View information about logical partitions HDD showing the boundaries of the partitions (without a HDD in the BIOS);
* Display mode HDD, the contents of registers, and visualization of error codes for the indicator lamp;
Differences in the API:
+ able to test drive the existence of "glitches" and distortion of information to the reception and transmission - option DDD; Disabled
+ work with passwords;
+ Disabled with Host Protected Area; Off
+ show registers;
System Requirements:
- CPU not less than the Intel Pentium III. Recommended P4 2 GHz.
- Operating system Windows 2000/XP (Under 9? program works only through the ports, with markedly worse);
- RAM 64Mb or higher;
- Video card SVGA (graphic mode is not lower than 800x600. Recommended by 10280 * 1024);
- Keyboard and mouse;
- Desirable access to the Internet, and not pokalechenny different "tvikami" IE;
- It is desirable to have a good power supply and good cooling test HDD;
Setting up the program
menu "Setup"
ATA protocol settings: Internet Protocol ATA. Used only in PIO.
BUSY Timeout - Adjust the time (in ms) during which the program will wait for a response after submitting HDD command.
Ready Timeout - Adjust the time (in ms) during which the program will be ready HDD before serving team.
DREQ Timeout - Adjust the time (in ms) during which the program will be expected to give preparedness HDD / take the data block after Team sharing of data (read or write).
ATA Timer - the choice of the type of timer, which will be used to measure these time intervals. Details of the timer, see the "timers".
Common presets, passport options: main preset option Passport HDD.
Only non-destructive functions - only non-destructive functions. Turn off those features that make recording on the tested HDD, to protect it from erasing the information on it.
Get passport on PCI double click - to obtain a passport by double-clicking on the field of PCI-scan. Made at the request of lazy. Allows you to avoid clicking on obtaining a passport HDD. Instead, it is enough to click on the selected line PCI-controller. Only for the PIO.
Don't remember Primary chan. - not to remember the primary channel controller, the motherboard in your program. Allows you to avoid the erroneous choice of the primary channel (which usually hangs the system HDD), and thereby reduces the risk of accidental work with the system hard drive through the ports. It works only in PIO. For those whose primary channel is free - you can disable the option.
Disable color into passport - disable color passport HDD. For aesthetes who, for whatever reason, do not like the colors Passport HDD.
Only SCSI passport command - only the SCSI-command to obtain a passport. Applies only to the API. The point is that some PCI-controllers (in particular, Silicon Image 3112) have a bug. They both channels are displayed on the HDD with the same passport (though actually they are different). In fact, SCSI emulation mode that bug does not occur. Option makes sense to include only if there were any problems, because SCSI pass for normal (non-SCSI drives) - incomplete. Works only in the API.
Don't get drive type - not to request the type of disc in obtaining a passport. Only for the API. When installing the Jackdaws program asks for the so-called "geometric parameters" and the disc type (CD / Flash / FDD). Instead, these parameters are calculated analytically. Allows you to avoid the hang of some controllers (which is rare, and mostly for FireWire devices).
Show logical drives - show the logical drives in the list of API-devices. If a jackdaw, apart from the physical drives will appear logical (in the form of letters, except for HDD). Sometimes you need to.
Ignore FDD - do not show floppy in the list of API-devices. Drives very slowly, and in determining the start to make noise, which is not always desirable. Installed daw exclude recourse to them.
'I am speak Russian' - allows the display of Russian communications interface, which sometimes occur. Basically they are comic character.
Classic group style - toggles rounded rectangular frame on.
Grid lines enabled - to display the supporting grid in a smart and scan.
Logs dir: - the name of the directory where the program will add the files of passports and other information drawn from the reservoirs.
Log settings: Log logging events.
During the program, all user actions, messages, errors, etc. can be automatically written to a text file. In this section you can specify a file name, enable / disable the magazine, as well as its clean.
Seek & Surface scan options: option of testing the surface and positioning test.
Swap navigation Up / Dn keys - the order of buttons jumps while testing the surface.
Auto repeat jump keys - include autorepeat jumps in the retention of these buttons. Next in the box, you can set the repeat interval, in milliseconds.
Enable breaking internal loops - Enable interrupt the cycles of domestic programs. Very useful for testing the defective drives that can hang their reaction to block the program for the key. If a jackdaw - Operational Program responds to the key "Break ALL". However, the internal interrupt cycles also fetches and ATA-protocol, which is not always useful.
Refresh LBA after passport - If a passport is always re-play the first and the last LBA of the input field scan and seek'a. Previous figures in these fields are erased. If daw removed - the program will do so only when a new HDD, will automatically (which is a brand algorithm greatly facilitates the life of the user). Do not shoot her.
Reseting between LoopScan - When you make a loop to scan HDD soft reset before each new cycle. We need to prevent the influence of the disk cache with a small step cycles. We recommend that you always keep included - will be less problems. It works only in PIO.
Don't blink border of pause key - turn off the blinking frame around the button "pause" to scan the surface.
Timings depending on HDD - intellectual timing adjustment program for testing the surface. This timing depends on the mode UDMA, volume models and much more. The work becomes more flat map "squares" for testing. We recommend that you include.
Ajusting RDTSC before tests - each time when you run tests to check the clock frequency of the processor, and re-adjust timer. We recommend that you include on the laptops. The option is meaningless when the timer RDTSC.
Long-read actions count - only for the professional version. Specifies how many sectors to read "a long reading of" in "Restore".
Timers set : settings type timers in the program. Designed to eliminate possible problems and to achieve a stable behavior of the program on different hardware and operating systems. Click on the "Setup" there are 3 switch, related to the timer. Let us consider in detail each of them.
"Common RTC"
This is a general timer, referring to the scan surface, seek'u, and etc., mainly in the API.
RDTSC - is the CPU cycles counter. Starting with the Pentium I, all processors support team, an outstanding number of cycles, since its incorporation. This allows you to use it for precise measurement of time intervals. But unfortunately, on some systems with multicore processors, this method may not work properly. This will manifest itself in the form of phantom hangs, stops issuing incorrect results, etc. "glitches". If these phenomena occur, the program allows you to use an alternative timer - GTC (short for Get Tick Count), which is one of the components of the operating system Windows. This timer is less accurate than the RDTSC, but its capabilities in most cases sufficient for proper testing of HDD. If the "Victoria" is used for multi-computer, you should check both the timer, and if there are no glitches - select RDTSC. At the single-mode systems RDTSC preferable.
"Scan: PIO only"
This timer measures the interval only in test mode (Scan, Seek) through the port. In the API it is on that is not affected. Unlike the previous example, the essence of this switch in the other. In addition to the standard RDTSC / GTC, here you can select an alternative - MMTimer (short for "Multimedia Timer"). It has a reduced load on the processor desktop computer, and allows us not to expend resources during testing HDD. For comparison, in the RDTSC / GTC load on the single system can reach 99%, and in MMTimer - just 10-30% (if the card turned off - a 0-4%!). We recommend you always use MMTimer, if possible. Problems may be only in certain versions of Windows 9?.
Note: The switch "Common RTC" has the privilege of the self-timer mode RDTSC / GTC in the "Scan: PIO only".
"ATA Timer"
This timer is used in the implementation of ATA-protocol only when working through the ports. It measures the basic intervals expectations HDD (DRQ, BUSY). Drug use RDTSC the same as in the first example - severe bugs on multiprocessor systems. In this case, you should use the GTC If no bugs, the RDTSC preferable.
You can try to use the combined solutions. For example "Common RTC" in the GTC, and the "ATA Timer" in the RDTSC (that allows you to find a compromise between speed and stability). And vice versa - is meaningless.
here is the Victoria for Windows English help file translated by Google.
Hope this will help some people, who try to use this excellent program and do not speak Russian.
Regards,
Brahman
Victoria
universal program for testing the storage of information
Contents:
Key features
System requirements
Setting up the program
Menu "Setup"
Timers
How to repair HDD
Key features
When working through the ports:
* Reading Passport drive and display the full technical information on storage;
* Definition set in ATA / SATA controller (including additional);
* Office of acoustic noise;
* View S.M.A.R.T. parameters of drive, quick assessment of his condition on pseudographic scales and register status. Includes viewing of hidden attributes drives IBM / HITACHI;
* Running the built-in HDD SMART-control tests and their passing;
* Using Host Protected Area: a change and restore the physical volume of the disc;
* 12 test mode of verification, reading and writing, with the calculation and display of addresses of defective blocks;
* charting surface;
* detector: an analysis of the state of the surface by 4 all kinds of tests, with the calculation and mapping of unstable sites, indicating the exact address of each volatile auto sector, and placed them in a text file;
* measurement speed shaft HDD, including the new drive without a field INDEX;
* hidden defects surface method redirection of sectors from the reserve (remap) for any of the 8 tests;
* Measuring performance hard drive (benchmarks functions):
* Measuring the speed of the linear, nonlinear and random reading from the HDD;
* Measuring the speed of HDD head positioning time and access to the sector;
* Measuring the speed of reading graphic methods;
* Exploring the sectors with the opportunity to edit;
* Disk Cleanup (or part thereof) of information - "low-level format";
* Manage security options: setting up a password on the HDD, remove a password, the rapid blurring of the information without the possibility of its restoration, etc.
* Ability to stop and start the spindle motor HDD;
* Test head positioning HDD (the same way as it does in the operating system intensive work), to determine the reliability and heat resistant disk PCs;
* View information about logical partitions HDD showing the boundaries of the partitions (without a HDD in the BIOS);
* Display mode HDD, the contents of registers, and visualization of error codes for the indicator lamp;
Differences in the API:
+ able to test drive the existence of "glitches" and distortion of information to the reception and transmission - option DDD; Disabled
+ work with passwords;
+ Disabled with Host Protected Area; Off
+ show registers;
System Requirements:
- CPU not less than the Intel Pentium III. Recommended P4 2 GHz.
- Operating system Windows 2000/XP (Under 9? program works only through the ports, with markedly worse);
- RAM 64Mb or higher;
- Video card SVGA (graphic mode is not lower than 800x600. Recommended by 10280 * 1024);
- Keyboard and mouse;
- Desirable access to the Internet, and not pokalechenny different "tvikami" IE;
- It is desirable to have a good power supply and good cooling test HDD;
Setting up the program
menu "Setup"
ATA protocol settings: Internet Protocol ATA. Used only in PIO.
BUSY Timeout - Adjust the time (in ms) during which the program will wait for a response after submitting HDD command.
Ready Timeout - Adjust the time (in ms) during which the program will be ready HDD before serving team.
DREQ Timeout - Adjust the time (in ms) during which the program will be expected to give preparedness HDD / take the data block after Team sharing of data (read or write).
ATA Timer - the choice of the type of timer, which will be used to measure these time intervals. Details of the timer, see the "timers".
Common presets, passport options: main preset option Passport HDD.
Only non-destructive functions - only non-destructive functions. Turn off those features that make recording on the tested HDD, to protect it from erasing the information on it.
Get passport on PCI double click - to obtain a passport by double-clicking on the field of PCI-scan. Made at the request of lazy. Allows you to avoid clicking on obtaining a passport HDD. Instead, it is enough to click on the selected line PCI-controller. Only for the PIO.
Don't remember Primary chan. - not to remember the primary channel controller, the motherboard in your program. Allows you to avoid the erroneous choice of the primary channel (which usually hangs the system HDD), and thereby reduces the risk of accidental work with the system hard drive through the ports. It works only in PIO. For those whose primary channel is free - you can disable the option.
Disable color into passport - disable color passport HDD. For aesthetes who, for whatever reason, do not like the colors Passport HDD.
Only SCSI passport command - only the SCSI-command to obtain a passport. Applies only to the API. The point is that some PCI-controllers (in particular, Silicon Image 3112) have a bug. They both channels are displayed on the HDD with the same passport (though actually they are different). In fact, SCSI emulation mode that bug does not occur. Option makes sense to include only if there were any problems, because SCSI pass for normal (non-SCSI drives) - incomplete. Works only in the API.
Don't get drive type - not to request the type of disc in obtaining a passport. Only for the API. When installing the Jackdaws program asks for the so-called "geometric parameters" and the disc type (CD / Flash / FDD). Instead, these parameters are calculated analytically. Allows you to avoid the hang of some controllers (which is rare, and mostly for FireWire devices).
Show logical drives - show the logical drives in the list of API-devices. If a jackdaw, apart from the physical drives will appear logical (in the form of letters, except for HDD). Sometimes you need to.
Ignore FDD - do not show floppy in the list of API-devices. Drives very slowly, and in determining the start to make noise, which is not always desirable. Installed daw exclude recourse to them.
'I am speak Russian' - allows the display of Russian communications interface, which sometimes occur. Basically they are comic character.
Classic group style - toggles rounded rectangular frame on.
Grid lines enabled - to display the supporting grid in a smart and scan.
Logs dir: - the name of the directory where the program will add the files of passports and other information drawn from the reservoirs.
Log settings: Log logging events.
During the program, all user actions, messages, errors, etc. can be automatically written to a text file. In this section you can specify a file name, enable / disable the magazine, as well as its clean.
Seek & Surface scan options: option of testing the surface and positioning test.
Swap navigation Up / Dn keys - the order of buttons jumps while testing the surface.
Auto repeat jump keys - include autorepeat jumps in the retention of these buttons. Next in the box, you can set the repeat interval, in milliseconds.
Enable breaking internal loops - Enable interrupt the cycles of domestic programs. Very useful for testing the defective drives that can hang their reaction to block the program for the key. If a jackdaw - Operational Program responds to the key "Break ALL". However, the internal interrupt cycles also fetches and ATA-protocol, which is not always useful.
Refresh LBA after passport - If a passport is always re-play the first and the last LBA of the input field scan and seek'a. Previous figures in these fields are erased. If daw removed - the program will do so only when a new HDD, will automatically (which is a brand algorithm greatly facilitates the life of the user). Do not shoot her.
Reseting between LoopScan - When you make a loop to scan HDD soft reset before each new cycle. We need to prevent the influence of the disk cache with a small step cycles. We recommend that you always keep included - will be less problems. It works only in PIO.
Don't blink border of pause key - turn off the blinking frame around the button "pause" to scan the surface.
Timings depending on HDD - intellectual timing adjustment program for testing the surface. This timing depends on the mode UDMA, volume models and much more. The work becomes more flat map "squares" for testing. We recommend that you include.
Ajusting RDTSC before tests - each time when you run tests to check the clock frequency of the processor, and re-adjust timer. We recommend that you include on the laptops. The option is meaningless when the timer RDTSC.
Long-read actions count - only for the professional version. Specifies how many sectors to read "a long reading of" in "Restore".
Timers set : settings type timers in the program. Designed to eliminate possible problems and to achieve a stable behavior of the program on different hardware and operating systems. Click on the "Setup" there are 3 switch, related to the timer. Let us consider in detail each of them.
"Common RTC"
This is a general timer, referring to the scan surface, seek'u, and etc., mainly in the API.
RDTSC - is the CPU cycles counter. Starting with the Pentium I, all processors support team, an outstanding number of cycles, since its incorporation. This allows you to use it for precise measurement of time intervals. But unfortunately, on some systems with multicore processors, this method may not work properly. This will manifest itself in the form of phantom hangs, stops issuing incorrect results, etc. "glitches". If these phenomena occur, the program allows you to use an alternative timer - GTC (short for Get Tick Count), which is one of the components of the operating system Windows. This timer is less accurate than the RDTSC, but its capabilities in most cases sufficient for proper testing of HDD. If the "Victoria" is used for multi-computer, you should check both the timer, and if there are no glitches - select RDTSC. At the single-mode systems RDTSC preferable.
"Scan: PIO only"
This timer measures the interval only in test mode (Scan, Seek) through the port. In the API it is on that is not affected. Unlike the previous example, the essence of this switch in the other. In addition to the standard RDTSC / GTC, here you can select an alternative - MMTimer (short for "Multimedia Timer"). It has a reduced load on the processor desktop computer, and allows us not to expend resources during testing HDD. For comparison, in the RDTSC / GTC load on the single system can reach 99%, and in MMTimer - just 10-30% (if the card turned off - a 0-4%!). We recommend you always use MMTimer, if possible. Problems may be only in certain versions of Windows 9?.
Note: The switch "Common RTC" has the privilege of the self-timer mode RDTSC / GTC in the "Scan: PIO only".
"ATA Timer"
This timer is used in the implementation of ATA-protocol only when working through the ports. It measures the basic intervals expectations HDD (DRQ, BUSY). Drug use RDTSC the same as in the first example - severe bugs on multiprocessor systems. In this case, you should use the GTC If no bugs, the RDTSC preferable.
You can try to use the combined solutions. For example "Common RTC" in the GTC, and the "ATA Timer" in the RDTSC (that allows you to find a compromise between speed and stability). And vice versa - is meaningless.
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