SUPER MICRO Computer X7DBT-INF, XDGT, X7DGT-INF user manual To format a disk

Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines

To format a disk:

*Note: The operation of Formatting Disk 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.

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

4 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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