Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ST318451FC Seagate
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Cheetah X15 FC Installation Guide Model ST3 18451FC, Fibre Channel interface disc drive Publication Number: 83329487, Rev . B, September 2000 Handling prec autions/ Electr ostatic dis char ge pr otection • Disc drives are fragile . Do not drop or jar the driv e and handle the drive 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 dr ive unless you decide to perf orm cer tain diagnostics through the host adapter . I f you do decide to perf orm 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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