A-4AAA-130SA Series Installation and Hardware GuideUsing the SCSI Disk UtilitiesTo access the SCSI disk utilities, select the SCSI Disk Utilitiesoption from the menu that appears after starting SCSISelect. Oncethe option is selected, SCSISelect immediately scans the SCSI bus (todetermine the devices installed) and displays a list of all SCSI IDsand the devices assigned to each ID.When you select a specific ID and device, a small menu appears, dis-playing the options Format Disk and Verify Disk Media.n Format Disk—This utility allows you to perform a low-levelformat on a hard disk drive. Each hard disk drive must be low-level formatted before you can use your operating system’spartitioning and file preparation utilities, such as MS-DOSFdisk and Format.Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and donot need to be formatted again. The Adaptec Format Disk util-ity is compatible with the vast majority of SCSI disk drives.Caution: A low-level format destroys all data on thedrive. Be sure to back up your data before performingthis operation. You cannot abort a low-level formatonce it is started.n Verify Disk Media—This utility allows you to scan the mediaof a hard disk drive for defects. If the utility finds bad blockson the media, it prompts you to reassign them; if you select yes,those blocks are longer used. You can press Esc at any time toabort the utility.
