Adaptec 29320A-R User Guide - Page 29

Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Using SCSI Devices If you connect SCSI devices (such as scanners, tape drives, zip drives, etc.) to your Adaptec SCSI Card, you must install the device manufacturer's proprietary software drivers. See your device's documentation for details. Using SCSI Hard Disk Drives s If you connect a SCSI hard disk drive to an Adaptec SCSI Card that was previously connected to a different SCSI card, it is recommended that you low-level format the drive before you use it. Back up the data on the drive before moving the drive to the new SCSI card and before you format the drive. (See Using SCSI Disk Utilities on page 3-16 for information on using the SCSISelect format utility.) ! Caution: A low-level format destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up the data before performing a low-level format. s Every SCSI hard disk drive must be physically low-level formatted, partitioned, and logically formatted before it can be used to store data. Most SCSI drives are preformatted at the factory. If your SCSI hard disk drive has not been preformatted at the factory, and if your computer is running under DOS, you can prepare the disk with the DOS Fdisk and Format commands. (See the DOS and Windows documentation for more information.) To format SCSI hard disk drives running under other operating systems, see the operating system documentation. 2-2