Seagate ST31051N/W/WC, ST31055N/W/WC, ST32151N/W/WC, ST32155N/W/WC manual Formatting

Hawk 2XL Family Installation Guide, Rev. C 35

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Formatting

Caution.

Do not format the existing drive that contains user data that you don't want to lose, as all user data will be lost when a drive is formatted.

When a second drive is installed, the drive letters assigned by DOS to the first drive may change. Be careful not to accidently format a logical drive with existing data.

When you complete drive partitioning, you need to high-level format every new logical drive you have set up. If your new drive is to be the boot-up drive, insert the DOS system diskette in drive A and type at the A/> prompt FORMAT C: /s/v. This formats drive C and puts the programs on that are necessary to boot the computer from the C drive, and verifies that the format was performed correctly. For each additional logical drive you have changed or newly set up, type in FORMAT X: /v (where "X" is the proper drive letter for the drive to be formatted).