Yes ,it can, SCSI is a totally different set-up,since it,in a larger sense,operates as one big system,connecting everything.SCSI is an entirely different interface than the more popular IDE. It is more of a system level interface, meaning that it does not only deal with disk drives. It is not a controller, like IDE, but a separate bus that is hooked to the system bus via a host adapter. A single SCSI bus can hold up to eight units, each with a different SCSI ID, ranging from 0 to 7. The host adapter takes up one ID, leaving 7 ID's for other hardware. SCSI hardware typically consists of hard drives, tape drives, CD-ROMs and scanners. I can't say that one cannot format the way you did,it depends on the set-up per the manufacturures specs! I would only think that a different syntax is used in addition to the typical format commands when performing a format of just the HDD!SCSI HDDs are part(typically)of a larger set-up! I hope this explains things. Tom >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?????? > >Thank you for your input! >Andre Chiasson > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >http://profiles.msn.com. > > PCBUILD's List Owner's: > Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> > Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]> _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org