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Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives, Ctrl+A, Disk Utilities, Enter, Format Disk, Verify Disk Media

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Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ● 59 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives You can use the disk utilities to low-level format or verify your disk drives. (New disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low-level formatted again.) ! Caution: Before you format a disk drive, back up all data. Formatting destroys all data on a disk drive. To use the disk utilities: 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl+A when prompted to access the ARC utility. 2 From the ARC utility menu, select Disk Utilities. 3 Select the desired disk, then press Enter. You are offered the following options: ● Format Disk-Simulates a low-level format of the disk drive by writing zeros to the entire disk. SATA drives are low-level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low-level formatted again. ! Caution: Formatting destroys all data on the disk. Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation. ● Verify Disk Media-Scans the media of a disk drive for defects.

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Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility
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Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives
You can use the disk utilities to low-level format or verify your disk drives. (New disk drives are
low-level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low-level formatted again.)
Caution:
Before you format a disk drive, back up all data. Formatting destroys all data on
a disk drive.
To use the disk utilities:
1
Turn on your computer and press
Ctrl+A
when prompted to access the ARC utility.
2
From the ARC utility menu, select
Disk Utilities
.
3
Select the desired disk, then press
Enter
.
You are offered the following options:
●
Format Disk
—Simulates a low-level format of the disk drive by writing zeros to the
entire disk. SATA drives are low-level formatted at the factory and do not need to be
low-level formatted again.
Caution:
Formatting destroys all data on the disk. Be sure to back up your data
before performing this operation.
●
Verify Disk Media
—Scans the media of a disk drive for defects.
!
!