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Using the Disk Utilities, Disk Utilities, Format Disk

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AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Using the Disk Utilities To access the disk utilities, select the Disk Utilities option from the menu that appears after starting BIOSSelect. Once the option is selected, BIOSSelect immediately scans the bus (to determine the devices installed) and displays a list of all IDs and the devices assigned to each ID. When you select a specific ID and device, a small menu appears that displays the following option: s Format Disk-This utility allows you to perform a low-level format on a hard disk. Each hard disk must be low-level formatted before you can use your operating system's partitioning and file preparation utilities, such as MS-DOS Fdisk and Format. Note: Low-level formatting takes a long time for large capacity disk drives. The Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with the vast majority of 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. A-4

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AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide
Using the Disk Utilities
To access the disk utilities, select the
Disk Utilities
option from the
menu that appears after starting BIOS
Select
. Once the option is
selected, BIOS
Select
immediately scans the bus (to determine the
devices installed) and displays a list of all IDs and the devices
assigned to each ID.
When you select a specific ID and device, a small menu appears that
displays the following option:
■
Format Disk
—This utility allows you to perform a low-level
format on a hard disk. Each hard disk must be low-level for-
matted before you can use your operating system’s partition-
ing and file preparation utilities, such as MS-DOS
Fdisk
and
Format
.
Note:
Low-level formatting takes a long time for large capac-
ity disk drives.
The Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with the vast
majority of disk drives.
Caution:
A low-level format destroys all data on the drive.
Be sure to back up your data before performing this opera-
tion. You
cannot
abort a low-level format once it is started.