if the harddisk didn't go bad, you should be able to re-format is using the
SCSI card. dose the SCSI card freeze if you disconnect the harddisk? If so,
you may have a bad disk. Once I had to re-format (low level) a SCSI drive
because power failur (UPS can only hold 10min), but it didn't show any
damage at all. So my guess to your question is "No".
(SCSI harddisk unlike IDE, the controller is on SCSI card.)

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "andre chiasson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 11:22 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Can a low level format really ruin a SCSI hard
drive??????


> Hi,
>
> One of our team low level formated a scsi hard disk by mistake, and
> the low level format didn't finish the whole process.  An error message
> appeared and since then, the scsi card freezes at boot-up, and
occasionnaly,
> we get a message saying that the disk is connected, but not ready.
>
> The hard drive is a 18Gb LVD Western Digital , and the card is an Adaptec
> 2940UW.
>
> We called the distributor and the tech support told us we had to send it
> back.  Isn't there anything else we can do than just return the hard
> drive??  Can a low level format really ruin a SCSI hard drive??????
>

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