Dell 3 manual Format Menu, Rebuild Menu, Reset Battery Charge Counter

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Ta b l e 1 1 - 7 .	B at t e r y I n f o r m a t i o n M en u O p t i on s (continued)
Menu Item	Explanation
No of Cycles	Displays the number of charge cycles. After 1100 charge
	cycles, the life of the battery pack is assumed to be over and
	you must replace it.

Reset Battery Charge Counter

Choose Objects—>Reset Battery Charge Counter to reset the charge cycle count. Perform the following steps to configure the charge cycle:

1When you first install a battery pack, set the Charge Cycle to 0.

2Select Reset Battery Charge Counter.

3Select YES to reset the number of cycles to zero and press <Enter>.

After 1100 charge cycles, the life of the battery pack is assumed to be over and you must replace it.

Format Menu

Choose Format from the Management Menu to low-level format one or more physical drives.

NOTICE: Formatting a hard drive destroys all data on the drive.

Because most SCSI disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory, this step is usually not necessary. You must format a disk only if:

•The disk drive was not low-level formatted at the factory, or

•An excessive number of media errors have been detected on the disk drive.

You do not have to choose Format to erase existing information on your SCSI disks, such as a system partition. That information is erased when you initialize the logical drive(s).

Rebuild Menu

Choose Rebuild from the Management Menu to rebuild one or more failed physical drives.

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