User`s guide

Adaptec SAS RAID Conﬁ guration and the Windows OS Installation Instructions

Using the Disk Utilities

The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your hard disks.

To access the disk utilities:

1. Turn on your computer and press <Ctrl> <A> when prompted to access the Adaptec

RAID Conﬁ guration Utility (as shown in the screen below.)

2. From the Adaptec RAID Conﬁ guration Utility menu, select Disk Utilities from the

screen as shown above and press <Enter>.

3. When the submenu appears, select the desired disk and press <Enter>.

The following options are available:

1. Format Disk—Simulates a low-level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to

the entire disk.

Note: Serial link (SATA or SAS) drives are low-level formatted at the factory and do

not need to be low-level formatted again.)

Caution: Formatting disk erases all data on the drive. Be sure to back up your data

before performing this operation.

2. Verify Disk Media—Scans the media of a disk drive for defects.