Selecting A Disk; Ejecting A Disk; Checking Disks - Tascam 788 Owner's Manual

2 – Getting started–DISK menu
NOTE
You cannot undo a disk format.
You only need to format a disk for the 788 under the follow-
ing circumstances: you are using a new removable disk
(zip®, jaz®, etc.), or have connected a new external hard
disk. The other time when you may want to format a disk is
when a disk has become full and you want to re-use it.

Selecting a disk

This selects the disk on which you will create new
songs and on which you will work. Only formatted
disks and partitions (see "Formatting a disk" on
page 31 above) can be selected as the active disk, and
only one at a time can be selected as the active disk.
1 Press the
MENU key.

Ejecting a disk

This only applies to removable media (MO, zip and
jaz drives, etc.). Of course, you cannot eject a hard
disk. Since the SCSI standard allows the disk to iden-
tify itself as ejectable or not to the controlling device
(in this case, the 788), you'll never see a disk in this
list that cannot be ejected.
1 Press the key.
MENU
2 Turn the dial until
press .
ENTER

Checking disks

You use this operation to re-scan the drive list when
you have inserted a removable disk and you need the
788 to recognize it.
1 Press the key.
MENU
2 Turn the dial until
press .
ENTER
3 Turn the dial until
and press .
ENTER
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is highlighted and
is highlighted and
is highlighted,
However, it is probably safer to delete songs one by one,
rather than formatting the whole disk.
Disks in the list are identified by their SCSI ID numbers
(from 0 through 6; ID 7 is reserved for the788's internal
controller). If the disks are divided into partitions, the parti-
tions are listed as
2 Turn the dial until
press .
ENTER
3 If is not highlighted, turn the dial
until it is, and press
ENTER
4 Turn the dial to select the disk or partition
from the list, and press
3 Turn the dial until
and press ENTER .
4 Select the disk to be ejected (if you have more
than one removable media drive connected you
can only select one at a time), by pressing
.
ENTER
NOTE
While the 788 is connected to removable media drives and
using the media, the eject button on the drive is locked.
This software function is the way to eject such disks.
The 788 will close the current song and scan all
connected drives and partitions. The process
may take a little time, after which the song is
reloaded.
NOTE
While this operation is in progress, do not turn off the
power to the 788, and do not turn any drives connected to
the 788 on or off. You should not insert or remove any
removable media during this time (including recordable CD
discs).
, , etc.
is highlighted and
.
.
ENTER
is highlighted,