Adaptec 2820SA User Guide - Page 82
Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives, Viewing the Event Log, Enter, Disk Utilities, Format Disk
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Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Controller Utility ● 82 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 format or verify a disk drive: 1 Start the Adaptec RAID Controller utility (see page 76). 2 Select the controller you want, press Enter. 3 Select Disk Utilities. 4 Select the disk drive you want, then press Enter. 5 Select Format Disk or Verify Disk Media. Viewing the Event Log The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array creation, and boot activity. Some events are not stored indefinitely-the event log is cleared of any non-persistent events each time you restart your computer; additionally, once the log is full, new events overwrite old events. To view the event log: 1 Start the Adaptec RAID Controller utility (see page 76). 2 Select the controller you want, press Enter. 3 When the Adaptec RAID Controller utility menu appears, press Ctrl+P. 4 Select Controller Log Information, then press Enter. The current event log opens.