Adaptec AHA-2940UW/OF User Manual page 38

AHA-2940UW/OF and AHA-2944UW/OF User's Guide
A safety prompt that verifies the selection appears (Figure 3-8).
------------------------------Format------------------------------
WARNING!!! This drive is about to be low-level formatted. All data on
the disk will be erased. Depending on your disk capacity, formatting
may take from several seconds to several hours, and once started,
cannot be aborted.
Press <Enter> to initiate; <Esc> to abort
Figure 3-8. Format Utility Message Screen— Executing the Utility
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To begin formatting, press Enter; to discontinue, press Esc.
The Format utility begins to low-level format the hard disk
drive. A screen similar to the one in Figure 3-9 appears.
------------------------------Format------------------------------
WARNING!!! This drive is about to be low-level formatted. All data on
the disk will be erased. Depending on your disk capacity, formatting
may take from several seconds to several hours, and once started,
cannot be aborted.
SCSI ID: 4 UNIT: 0-Disk
Capacity: 2074880 blocks-Block Size: 512 bytes
Formatting...Please Wait
Figure 3-9. Format Utility Message Screen— Formatting in Progress
When formatting is complete, all intermediate keyboard inputs
are discarded and a message similar to the following appears
in the Format utility message screen:
Formatting...COMPLETE-Elapsed Time: 1 Hrs 6 Mins 53
Secs
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