Power Computing PowerCenter PRO User Manual page 177

When formatting a rewritable optical disk, do not use the Verify After Formatting option. If
NOTE
you do, you may see erroneous media error messages because data needs to be written to the
disk before these blocks become verifiable.
4. Click OK.
5. Click OK in both boxes.
Chapter 4: Using Hard Disk ToolKit•PE
free of defects immediately after the format process completes.
If a bad block is encountered, the verify is stopped and a warning
message appears. This option will make the format take more
time, but can be useful when reformatting older or suspect
drives.
• Options:
The Options button is only available if you select the Low Level
format type. For more information, see SCSI formatting options
on page 150.
Two warning boxes appear that say formatting will destroy all the
data on the disk (Figure 7.9).
Figure 7.9: The warning message boxes.
A status box appears while the format is in process. The length of
time required to complete a Format is affected by the size and speed
of the drive as well as any formatting options you have selected.
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