NEC N8100-1005F User Manual page 103

You are offered the following options:
Format Disk—Simulates a low-level format of the 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.
IMPORTANT:
back up your data before performing this operation.
Verify Disk Media—Scans the media of a disk drive for defects.
Formatting destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to
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