Reformatting A Dvd-Ram Disk (Or Hard Disk Partition); How To Format A Disk (Or Partition) - Fostex PD-6 Owner's Manual

V2.0 Supplementary manual

Reformatting a DVD-RAM disk (or hard disk partition)

You can reformat a DVD-RAM disk (or hard disk partition).
With the PD-6 software update to Version 2.0, the "Format" menu item in the Utility mode has been
partially changed. To format a DVD-RAM disk (or hard disk partition), follow the procedure below,
instead of the procedure described on "Formatting the current disk" in the original PD-6 manual.
<Note>: If you select a DVD-RAM drive (of the PD-6 or EX12) to
which an unformatted DVD-RAM disk is currently set, the mes-
sage as shown right appears. In this case, press the [ENTER] key,
and skip to step 3) below.

How to format a disk (or partition)

The following description is assumed that the PD-6 internal DVD-RAM drive is loaded as the current
drive.
1) While the recorder is stopped, press the [SHIFT] key to turn on the [SHIFT] indicator, followed
by the [SETUP] key.
The PD-6 enters the Utility mode and the display shows the Utility menu screen.
2) Use the [SEL] dial to highlight "Format" and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the top page of the "Format" screen.
In the top page of the "Format" screen, you can set the following items. (See step 3) for details.)
You can select a target drive (or partition) to be formatted.
By default, the current drive is selected.
You can edit a volume label.
Note that you can format the drive (or partition) with the default volume
label. Also note that you can edit the label via the Utility menu after for-
matting is completed. (By default, the volume label of the current drive is
shown here.)
You can select the format mode (by default, "Normal" is selected).
You can select a format mode from among "Normal", "Tape" and "Mirror"
("Mirror" is newly added from Version 2.0).
Depending on the selected mode, the next item changes.
When the Normal mode is selected:
You can select On/Off of physical formatting (by default, "Off" is selected).
When the Tape mode is selected:
You can select the disc type (by default, "New" is selected).
When the Mirror mode is selected:
No item here.
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