Adaptec 1430SA Manuale Utente

Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility

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To use the disk utilities:

1

Turn on your computer and press Ctrl+A when prompted to access the ARC utility. 

2

From the ARC utility menu, select Disk Utilities.

3

Select the desired disk, then press Enter.

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Format Disk—Simulates a low-level format of the disk drive by writing zeros to the 
entire disk. SATA drives are low-level formatted at the factory and do not need to be 
low-level formatted again. 

Caution: 

Formatting destroys all data on the disk. Be sure to back up your data 

before performing this operation. 

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Verify Disk Media—Scans the media of a disk drive for defects.

Locating Disk Drives

Note: 

This feature is only available with disk drives that have an activity LED.

You can use the Identify Drive feature to physically locate a disk drive by blinking the LED.

To locate a disk drive:

1

Start the ARC utility (see 

2

Select the controller you want, then press Enter.

3

Select Disk Utilities.

4

Select the disk drive you want, then press Enter.

5

Select Identify Drive, then press Enter.

6

When you have finished locating your disk drive, press any key to stop the blinking.

Identifying Disk Drives

You can identify disk drives by viewing the list of disk drives on your system. Only physical 
drives that display during POST are shown.

To identify a disk drive: 

1

Start the ARC utility (see 

2

Select the controller you want, then press Enter.

3

Select Disk Utilities.

The Disk Utilities view will provide you with the following information: 

The location information of a disk drive is determined by three types of connections:

Location

Model

Rev#

Speed

Size

CN1=DEV1
Box0=Slot0
Exp0=phy0

The manufacturer 
information.

The revision 
number of the 
disk drive.

The speed of the 
disk drive.

The size of the 
disk drive.