User`s guide

Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-17
To format a disk
When the screen shown below displays, select Format Disk and press <Enter>. The
following screen appears:
Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below. To
continue with disk formatting, select Yes and hit <Enter>. Otherwise, select No and
press <Enter>.
CAUTION:
Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up your data before
formatting a disk.
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NOTE: The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low-level formatting
of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk. Serial ATA drives are low-
level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low-level formatted again.
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