Using The Disk Utilities - Supermicro X7DA3 Plus User Manual

Appendix C: Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS

Using the Disk Utilities

The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard
disks.
To access the disk utilities:
1. Turn on your computer and press <Ctrl> <A> when prompted to access the Adaptec
RAID Confi guration Utility (as shown in the screen below.)
2. From the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility menu, select Disk Utilities from the
screen as shown above and press <Enter>.
3. When the submenu appears, select the desired disk and press <Enter>.
The following options are available:
1. Format Disk—Simulates a low-level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to
the entire disk. (Note: Serial ATA drives are low-level formatted at the factory and do
not need to be low-level formatted again.)
(Caution: Formatting disk erases all data on the drive. Be sure to back up your data
before performing this operation.)
2. Verify Disk Media—Scans the media of a disk drive for defects.
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