Adaptec AHA-2940UW User Guide - Page 37

Using SCSISelect If the Verify utility finds a Recovered Error or a Medium Error on the device, a message similar to the following appears: Verifying...ERROR-sector 417792 has a defect-REASSIGN BLOCK? - Press Y to reassign the defective sector and continue media verification or - Press N to ignore the defective block and continue media verification with the next sector or - Press Esc to abort the operation Using the Format SCSI Disk Utility Fixed data media must be low-level formatted before an operating system's partitioning and file preparation utilities can be used. (Most SCSI disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory.) Adaptec's Format utility is compatible with most SCSI disk drives. Use the Format utility to format hard disk drives or removablemedia drives that were previously used with non-Adaptec host adapters. ! Caution: Low-level formatting destroys all the data on a disk drive. Be sure to back up any data you want to keep before you low-level format your drive. Once started, a low-level disk format cannot be aborted. To use the Format [SCSI disk] utility 1 Select the Format option from the Format or Verify Device screen (see Figure 3-5 on page 3-11). Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 3-13