Disk Drive Related; Checking The Reliability Of A Disk; Checking That A Disk Is Not Damaged - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Owner's Manual

Chapter 1 Trying out the expanded functions

Disk drive related

Checking the reliability of a
disk
When a disk drive is initialized, the entire area of that drive
is now checked (surface scanned) to determine whether
reading and writing can be performed correctly. If a loca-
tion which cannot be correctly read or written is found, the
VS-880 will flag that location as unusable memory.
Subsequently, such locations will not be used for recording
or playback etc.
When this procedure is performed, the contents that were
saved on the disk will all be lost. Perform this procedure on
a newly purchased disk, or on a disk that had been used on
another computer etc. but is now to be used on the VS-880.
Before performing this procedure on the disk that you are
currently using, be sure to make a backup.
* The surface scan operation requires a substantial amount
of time. For example, the internal IDE drive (540 MB) will
require approximately 30 minutes. This will give you an
idea of how much time will be required for the capacity of
your disk drive.
1. Press
[SYSTEM] several
DriveInitialize?" is displayed.
2. Press [YES].
3. Select the drive that will be initialized. Rotate the
TIME/VALUE dial.
Init.Drive (Initialize drive)
Select the disk drive that will be initialized.
4. Press PARAMETER [
SurfaceScan=" appears.
For physical formatting (PhysicalFmt) and partitioning
(Partition), refer to ÒInitializing the diskÓ (p.93).
5. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
SurfaceScan (Surface scan)
Off: Read and write test will not be performed (same as
Ver.1).
On: Read and write test will be performed.
6. Press [YES].
A message will ask you to confirm that you really want
to initialize the disk.
7. Press [YES] two more times.
Disk initialization will begin.
8. When initialization ends, surface scan will begin auto-
matically.
CONDITION MARKER#
INPUT TRACK
38
times until "SYS
] several times until "SYS
TIME TIME
dB
0
4
1 1 2 2
24
48
AUX MASTER
To halt during the procedure
To halt surface scan during the procedure, press [CAN-
CEL(NO)]. However, even if unusable memory had been
found, it will not be registered.
If the display indicates "File System
Err"
A read or write failure has occurred in a location which
stores basic data used by the VS-880 for recording and play-
back. This disk drive cannot be used by the VS-880.
9-1.Press [YES].
The VS-880 will restart.
If the display indicates "_____Defect"
The underlined portion will indicate the number of unus-
able memory locations in this drive. The larger this num-
ber is, the lower the reliability of this drive.
9-2.Press [YES].
The VS-880 will restart.
If the display indicates "— Complete —"
This drive has no unusable memory.
9-3.Press [YES].
The VS-880 will restart.
Checking that a disk is not
damaged
It is now possible to check that the drive you are using can
be read correctly (Drive Check).
This provides a way to determine whether a failure during
Song Copy (p.78) or DAT Backup (p.97) is due to a problem
in the song itself that was saved on disk, or whether the
problem is with the connections etc.
If data cannot be read correctly, the display will indicate the
song in which the error occurred.
1. Press [SYSTEM] until the "SYS Drive Check ?" display
appears.
2. Press [YES].
3. Select the drive that you wish to check. Rotate the
TIME/VALUE dial.
CheckDrive (Check drive)
Select the disk drive that you wish to check.
4. Press [YES].
A message will ask you to confirm that you wish to
check the drive.
5. Press [YES] once again.
The display will indicate ÒSTORE Current ?Ó
6. If you wish to save the current song, press [YES].
If you wish to perform the test without storing the cur-
rent song, press [NO].