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Chapter 3: RAID Confi guration
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3.3.2 To Use Disk Utilities (*for SATA and SAS only)
(*Note: Please refer to Page 3-1 for SATA and SAS Jumper Settings before using
"Disk Utilities". Please refer to the previous section for SCSI Disk Utilities.)
3.3.2.1 To Format a Disk Drive
1. Power on your computer. When prompted, press the <Ctrl> and <A> keys
simultaneously to enter the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility. From the RAID
Confi guration Main Menu, select "Disk Utilities" and press <Enter>. After disk
scan, the following screen displays:
2. When a dialogue box as shown above displays, prompting you to make a
selection, select the disk you wish to format and press <Enter>.
3. Then, select "Format Disk" from the displayed dialogue box and press <En-
ter>.
4. A warning message will display, warning you that the drive is about to be
formatted and all data in the drive will be erased.
5. Press <Yes> to continue with disk formatting. Press <No> to return to the
previous menu.