Acer Altos G310 MK2 User Manual - Page 123

Initializing logical drives, On the Management Menu, select Initialize.

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111 Initializing logical drives You can initialize the logical drives using individual initialization, which initializes a single logical disk. There are two methods to initialize a logical drive using the individual initialization procedure using the CU. For the first method, perform the following steps to initialize a logical drive using the Initialize menu. 1 On the Management Menu, select Initialize. 2 Use the space bar to highlight the logical drive to initialize. The logical drive name is highlighted in yellow. To de-select the logical drive, press the space bar again. 3 Press . 4 Select Yes at the prompt and press to begin the initialization. A graph shows the progress of the initialization until it is complete. 5 After the initialization is complete, press to return to previous menus. If you press while initialization is in progress, the following options display: • Stop: The CU stores the percentage of the initialization already completed. When you restart initialization, it continues from the last percentage completed rather than from zero percent. • Continue: initialization continues normally. • Abort: The initialization is completely aborted. If you restart initialization, it begins at zero percent. For the second method, perform the following steps to initialize a logical drive using the Objects menu. 1 From the Management Menu, select Objects→ Logical Drive submenu, as shown in "Logical drive submenu" on page 112. The configured logical drives display.

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111
Initializing logical drives
You can initialize the logical drives using individual initialization,
which initializes a single logical disk.
There are two methods to initialize a logical drive using the individual
initialization procedure using the CU.
For the first method, perform the following steps to initialize a logical
drive using the Initialize menu.
1
On the Management Menu, select Initialize.
2
Use the space bar to highlight the logical drive to initialize.
The logical drive name is highlighted in yellow. To de-select the
logical drive, press the space bar again.
3
Press <F10>.
4
Select Yes at the prompt and press <Enter> to begin the
initialization.
A graph shows the progress of the initialization until it is
complete.
5
After the initialization is complete, press <Esc> to return to
previous menus.
If you press <Esc> while initialization is in progress, the following
options display:
Stop: The CU stores the percentage of the initialization
already completed. When you restart initialization, it
continues from the last percentage completed rather than
from zero percent.
Continue: initialization continues normally.
Abort: The initialization is completely aborted. If you restart
initialization, it begins at zero percent.
For the second method, perform the following steps to initialize a
logical drive using the Objects menu.
1
From the Management Menu, select Objects
Logical Drive
submenu, as shown in "Logical drive submenu" on page 112.
The configured logical drives display.