Using The Scsi Disk Utilities - Adaptec AAA-130U2 Installation And Hardware Manual

AAA-130U2 Series Installation and Hardware Guide

Using the SCSI Disk Utilities

To access the SCSI disk utilities, select the SCSI Disk Utilities
option from the menu that appears after starting SCSISelect. Once
the option is selected, SCSISelect immediately scans the SCSI bus (to
determine the devices installed) and displays a list of all SCSI IDs
and the devices assigned to each ID.
When you select a specific ID and device, a small menu appears, dis-
playing the options Format Disk and Verify Disk Media.
Format Disk—This utility allows you to perform a low-level
format on a hard disk. Each hard disk must be low-level for-
matted before you can use your operating system's partition-
ing and file preparation utilities, such as MS-DOS Fdisk and
Format.
Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and do
not need to be formatted again. The Adaptec Format Disk util-
ity is compatible with the vast majority of 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.
Verify Disk Media—This utility allows you to scan the media
of a hard disk for defects. If the utility finds bad blocks on the
media, it prompts you to reassign them; if you select yes, those
blocks are reassigned to new blocks and will be available for
use. You can press Esc at any time to abort the utility.
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