Formatting A Hard Disk - Akai S3000XL User Manual

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FORMATTING A HARD DISK

Hard disks can and should also be formatted before use. The maximum size of hard disk
which can be formatted and used with the S3000XL is 510Mbytes. If any larger hard disk
is attached to the S3000XL, data above this size will not be recognised or used.
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For convenience, large hard disks are split into partitions, which are named A, B, C, etc..
All partitions must be the same size, which you can select with the HARD PARTITIONS
parameter to be variable between 1 and 60Mbytes. The last partition on a hard
disk takes up all the remaining space on the disk (i.e. on a 120Mbyte disk divided into
50Mb partitions, A and B will both be 50Mbytes, and C will be 20Mbytes).
A further field on this page is the
you wish to create and this is included for the disk recording functions. For example, if you
have 300Mb hard disk, you may set it to have 4 x 50 megabyte partitions by setting 50
and 4 respectively in the
recording giving you 10 minutes of stereo recording at 44.1kHz. In this way, one disk may
hold not only sound library but disk recordings as well. This is explained later in this
manual in the section that explains the disk recording functions. If you intend to do this, it
is best to check this before formatting your hard disk - formatting it later in order to use the
disk recording functions will erase any sound library you may have already saved.
The field in the top right of the screen next to
drive you will format by selecting the SCSI ID.
To format the hard disk, press either
take. You will receive the following safeguard prompt:
Answer NO if you have second thoughts, otherwise answer YES.
FORMATTING AND ARRANGING WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON THE DISK!!
Arranging is a faster operation than a full format (it simply initialises directories into a
format suitable for use by the S3000XL). Make sure that there is no data which is only
stored on the hard disk which you want to keep.
Formatting will take a few minutes, followed by the arrange process. Bad blocks will be
automatically 'swapped out' in a verification procedure. You can bypass this verification
process by pressing SKIP, but it is suggested that you let it run its course as it will end up
safer in the long run.
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will display this screen:
and
BE VERY CAREFUL TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT SCSI ID!!
field. This allows you to set the number of partitions
fields. This would leave 100Mb free for disk
or depending on the action you want to
allows you to select which disk
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