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5.7 Low Level Formatting

The Low Level Format menu selection allows the complete erasure of data on a hard drive. This is not an action, which

typically needs to be performed as formatting the drive under Windows is usually sufficient to prepare the drive for use.

5.8 Logical Drive Information

This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives within a logical set (RAID set, RAID 1 spare, or

unassigned). It is a display-only function. Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll between the drives in the Logical Drive

Properties window. Press the ESC key when done viewing logical drive information.

5.9 Reserved Drive and Setting Size for RAID Set, Spare Drive, or JBOD

Once a physical drive has been used to create a RAID set, spare drive, or JBOD by BIOS utility, BIOS saves user selected set

or drive size in the reserved area of the physical drive. There is no way to remove the reserved area information even after the