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Chapter 17 Using Hard Drives
Initializing (Formatting) the Drive
A new drive, or a drive that was used by another device,
cannot be used on the VS-1824 as is. You must initialize the
drive so it can be used by the VS-1824. When a drive is
initialized, all existing data on that drive is erased—all of its
contents are irretrievably lost. Check any such drive you plan
to initialize to make sure it does not contain anything you
don't want deleted. Drives used with the VS-1824 cannot be
used on other devices, such as personal computers.
* If you accidentally delete data, that data cannot be restored to
its previous state. Roland Corporation assumes no liability
concerning such loss of data.
CAUTION: If you are using a drive or disk that has been
partitioned, you will not be able to choose a particular
partition to initialize. When you initialize a drive, the whole
drive and all of its partitions will be initialized at the same
time.
To initialize a new drive:
1. Confirm that power to the drive and the VS-1824 are
turned on.
2. If you are using a removable type drive insert a disk into
the drive.
3. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].
4. Hold [SHIFT] and press [F6 (UTILITY)].
The Utility menu icon appears in the display.
5. Press [F6 (DrIni)].
If "DrIni" does not appear in the display above [F6], first
press [PAGE] until "DrIni" is displayed, and then press
[F6 (DrIni)].
6. Use [
], [
], [
cursor, and use the TIME/VALUE dial to set each value.
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], and [
] to move the
Init Drive (Initialize Drive)
Select the drive (IDE, SCSI0-SCSI7). "IDE" indicates the
internal hard drive, and "SCSI" indicates external SCSI
drives. For example, use "SCSI5" or "SCSI6" to select a
Zip drive, depending on the Zip drive's settings.
Partition
Select the partition size (500 MB, 1000 MB, 2000 MB). In
most cases, select "2000 MB."
Physical Format
Select whether or not to use physical formatting. For new
drives, or drives that have been used by another device,
this should be set to "On."
* If you are initializing a Zip 250 MB cartridge, set Physical
Format to "Off."
Surface Scan
This confirms that the read and write functions in all of
the drive's partitions are operating correctly when the
drive is initialized. In normal circumstances, set this to
"Off." When you specifically want to conduct a test of
the read/write functions, set this to "On".
The function buttons work as shown:
[F1 (DrSel)]:
Displays a directory of the currently connected drives.
Use [
], [
], [
cursor to the drive you want to initialize.
[F3 (Info)]:
Displays the drive information.
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[F4 (Exec)]:
Executes initialization of the selected drive.
[F6 (EXIT)]:
Exits the screen.
], and [
] to move the
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