Adaptec 131CA Hardware Guide - Page 44
Using the SCSI Disk Utilities
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AAA-131CA Installation and Hardware Guide Using the SCSI Disk Utilities To access the SCSI disk utilities, select the SCSI Disk Utilities option from the menu that appears after starting SCSISelect. Once the option is selected, SCSISelect immediately scans the SCSI bus (to determine the devices installed) and displays a list of all SCSI IDs and the devices assigned to each ID. When you select a specific ID and device, a small menu appears, displaying the options Format Disk and Verify Disk Media. s Format Disk-This utility allows you to perform a low-level format on a hard disk drive. Each hard disk drive must be lowlevel formatted before you can use your operating system's partitioning and file preparation utilities, such as MS-DOS Fdisk and Format. Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and do not need to be formatted again. The Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with nearly all SCSI disk drives. Caution: 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. s Verify Disk Media-This utility allows you to scan the media of a hard disk drive for defects. If the utility finds bad blocks on the media, it prompts you to reassign them; if you select yes, those blocks are longer used. You can press Esc at any time to abort the utility. 5-4