Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines
D-17
To format a disk:
*Note: The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low-level formatting
of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk. Serial ATA drives are low-level
formatted at the factory and do not need to be low-level formatted again.
3 When the screen shown below displays, select Format Disk and press <Enter>.
The following screen appears:
4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below. To
continue with disk formatting, select Yes and hit <Enter>. Otherwise, select No
and press <Enter>.
(*Caution: Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up
your data before formatting a disk.)
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