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Format Disk, Enter, Verify, Media

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99 SCSI Device Configuration Sync Transfer Rate (MB/Sec) Initiate Wide Negotiation Enable Disconnection Send Start Unit Command Enable Write-back Cache BIOS Multiple LUN Support Include in BIOS Scan Default Value 160 Yes Yes Yes N/A No Yes When you highlight a disk device by moving to it with the cursor keys and press Enter, a small menu window appears. You then select Format Disk or Verify Media from this menu. Use the cursor keys (↑ ↓) to move between options. Press Enter to display a popup menu with a selection of values. Use the cursor keys (↑ ↓) to select a value, and press Enter to make your -selection. Use SCSI Disk Utilities to check the hard disk drive firmware revision. (Select SCSI Disk Utilities from the Configure/View Host Adapter Settings screen. Use the arrow keys to highlight a disk device, then press Enter to display the firmware revision.) Format Disk The Format Disk utility performs a low-level format on disk devices. A low-level format destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation. You cannot abort a low-level format once it is started Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted and do not need to be formatted again. The Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with the vast majority of SCSI disk drives. Run it on hard disk drives or removable-media drives that were previously used with a non-Adaptec SCSI controller.

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99
When you highlight a disk device by moving to it with the cursor keys and press
Enter
, a small menu window appears. You then select
Format Disk
or
Verify
Media
from this menu.
Use the cursor keys (
↑
↓
) to move between options. Press
Enter
to display a pop-
up menu with a selection of values. Use the cursor keys (
↑
↓
) to select a value, and
press
Enter
to make your -selection.
Use SCSI Disk Utilities to check the hard disk drive firmware revision.
(Select
SCSI Disk Utilities
from the Configure/View Host Adapter Settings
screen.
Use the arrow keys to highlight a disk device, then press
Enter
to
display the firmware revision.)
Format Disk
The
Format Disk
utility performs a low-level format on disk devices.
A low-level format destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up your
data before performing this operation. You
cannot
abort a low-level format
once it is started
Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted and do not need to be formatted again.
The Adaptec
Format Disk
utility is compatible with the vast majority of SCSI disk
drives. Run it on hard disk drives or removable-media drives that were previously
used with a non-Adaptec SCSI controller.
SCSI Device Configuration
Default Value
Sync Transfer Rate (MB/Sec)
160
Initiate Wide Negotiation
Yes
Enable Disconnection
Yes
Send Start Unit Command
Yes
Enable Write-back Cache
N/A
BIOS Multiple LUN Support
No
Include in BIOS Scan
Yes