SUPER MICRO Computer 5015M-NTR, 5015M-UR user manual To format a disk

Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines

To format a disk

Note: The Formatting Disk operation allows you to perform a low-level formatting of a 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.

1.When the screen shown below displays, select Format Disk and press <Enter>. The following screen appears:

2.Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below. To continue with disk formatting, select Yes and hit <Enter>. Otherwise, select No

and press <Enter>.

Caution: Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk.

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