Roland BR-1200CD Service Notes page 22

Feb. 2005
fig.08-340d
3.
Move the cursor to the INITIALIZE icon and press [ENTER/YES].
The message "FORMAT MODE: NORMAL" appears.
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4.
Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select the initialization mode.
NORMAL
This is the usual format. The hard disk is formatted as a single partition. The
maximum partition size is 40 GB.
SURFACE SCAN
The entire hard disk is formatted as "NORMAL" after all of the storage sectors
of the hard disk are checked.
With a 40 GB hard disk, such checking takes roughly 2-3 hours to complete.
If you press [EXIT/NO] while the check is still in progress, the check is
stopped at that point, and formatting continues in "NORMAL" mode.
DIV 2 through 8
This separates the hard disk into drives (partitions) of equal size. You cannot
set the drives so that they are of different sizes.
Example) When using "DIV 5" in formatting the partitions on a 40 GB hard
disk.
40GB / 5 = 8 GB
This creates five partitions, each containing 8 GB.
The maximum size for a single partition is 40 GB.
Initialization is set to "NORMAL" at the factory.
ONLY CUR. PARTITION (Only Current Partition)
This initializes only the currently selected partition when the hard disk is
divided into multiple partitions. If the hard disk has not been divided into
separate partitions, the NORMAL setting is used to initialize the entire hard
disk.
5.
Press [F3] (GO).
The message "Sure?" appears.
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6.
Press [ENTER/YES]. (If you wish to cancel the initialization, press
[EXIT/NO]).
"Now Initializing..." appears in the display, and initialization begins.
After the initialization is completed properly, the message "Complete!"
will appear and the top screen returns to the display.
A new song "SONG 001" will be created on the hard disk.
The state of progress of the initialization will be shown on the display, and you
should not turn off the BR-1200CD until this procedure has been completed.
Failure to observe this precaution could considerably reduce the life span of
the hard disk or could result in it being permanently damaged.
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Initializing only one of multiple
partitions
Now you can specify a single partition for initialization when using multiple
partitions.
1.
First, select the drive you want to initialize.
See the step 4 in the "Viewing information about the hard disk (Hard
Disk Information)" (p. 284).
2.
Press [UTILITY].
The Utility screen will appear.
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3.
Move the cursor to the HDD icon and press [ENTER/YES].
The Hard Disk screen will appear.
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4.
Move the cursor to the INITIALIZE icon and press [ENTER/YES].
The Hard disk Initialize screen will appears.
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5.
Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial to set "Format Mode" to "ONLY CUR.
PARTITION."
Take care to note that selecting anything other than "ONLY
CUR.PARTITION" will result in the entire hard disk being initialized.
6.
Press [F3] (GO).
The message "Sure?" appears.
7.
Press [ENTER/YES].
"Now Initializing..." appears, and initialization of the drive begins. The
process is finished when "Complete!" appears.
Use of this feature is not required if you are using the default factory settings
without any changes.
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