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Adaptec SCSI Card 39320D User’s Guide for Floppy Disks (OEM)
If a device does not show up in SCSISelect, check these items
first:
■ Is the device attached to the SCSI cable?
■ Is there power to the device?
■ Does the device have a unique SCSI ID?
If two devices are on the same ID and are on the same bus,
only one device or neither of the devices may show up. To
correct this, make sure that each device has a unique SCSI
ID.
4 Use the
↑ and ↓ keys to move the cursor to a specific ID and
device, then press Enter.
Verifying or Formatting a Disk
SCSISelect includes a utility that enables you to format and verify
disks:
■ Verify Disk Media—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 so they are no longer
used.
■ Format Disk—Allows you to perform a low-level format on a
hard disk drive. A disk must be low-level formatted before you
can use the operating system’s partitioning and high-level
formatting utilities. Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the
factory and do not need to be formatted again. If a drive is not
preformatted, you can use SCSISelect to perform a low-level
format on the drive.This operation is compatible with most
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.
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