Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Barracuda ST1181677FC Seagate
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Barracuda 180FC Instal lation Guide Model ST1 181677 FC/FCV , Fibre Channel i nterfa ce disc drive Publication Number: 100107697, Rev . A, A ugust 2001 Handling prec autions/ Electr ostatic disc harge p rote ction • Disc drives are fragile . Do not drop or jar the drive and handle the driv e only by the edges or f rame.
4. Format the drive The drive has been low le v el formatted at the factory . Y ou do not need to perform another low le vel f ormat on this drive unless you decide to perf orm cer tain diagnostics through the host adapter . If you do decide to perf o rm a low le vel format, do not abort the format as this is likely to make the driv e inoperab le.
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