Initializing the internal hard disk
The UTILITY screen Format page lets you initialize the internal hard disk. Prior to exporting and
importing WAV files to or from a Macintosh computer (Mac OS X 10.3) it may be necessary to ini-
tialize the hard disk in order to change the hard disk cluster size.
NOTE
• Executing the Format operation will erase all data from the internal hard disk, and the data cannot be recov-
ered. We recommend that you backup all data on the internal hard disk to a computer before executing the
Format operation.
• You cannot abort the Format operation once it has been started.
• Never turn off or disconnect the power during formatting, since this may damage the hard disk and cause
malfunctions.
To call this page press the Work Navigate section [UTIL-
ITY] key as many times as necessary, or press the [F3] key
after pressing the [UTILITY] key.
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Initializing the internal hard disk
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B
1 CLUSTER field
Set the disk cluster size to either 32K or 64K.
If you will be using Mac OS X 10.3 for WAV file transfer
operations, set the cluster size to 32K. Select the 64K
cluster size for maximum speed if you will be using Win-
dows, or Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. When the AW2400 is
shipped from the factory, the cluster size is set to 64K.
B EXECUTE button
Execute the disk initialization. A popup window will show
the progress of the initialization operation.
The popup window will close when initialization has been
completed.