Checking Disk Reliability; Saving Performance Data To A Zip Drive (Song Copy) - Roland VS-1680 Owner's Manual

Checking Disk Reliability

When initializing a hard disk or other disk, you can
confirm that the read and write functions in all of the
disk partitions are operating correctly. This is referred
to as Surface Scan. If there are any places on the disk
where the reading or writing of data cannot be per-
formed, the VS-1680 registers this as unusable
memory. Recording and playback then become
unavailable at that location.
Performing this procedure deletes all contents saved
on the disk. Conduct this check when initializing
newly purchased disks or disks which previously
have been used with a personal computer or other
device. Be sure to make a backup copy of any disk you
are presently using on the VS-1680 before carrying out
the procedure on it.
1. Set Surface Scan to "On," and as described in
"Initializing the Disk" (p. 111), carry out the Drive
Initialize procedure.
2. After initialization of the disk is completed,
Surface Scan begins automatically.
* The Surface Scan procedure takes a certain amount of
time.
Be aware that Surface Scan requires some time. This is
not a malfunction. For example, the time required to con-
duct Surface Scan on one Zip disk (100 MB) is approxi-
mately 10 minutes. The time it will take to conduct
Surface Scan on your disk drive should be based on the
size (capacity) of the disk. The progress of the Surface
Scan procedure is shown in the display.
3. When Surface Scan is completed, one of the fol-
lowing messages appears in the display.
"File System Err":
A read or write failure has occurred in a location
which stores basic data used by the VS-1680 for
recording and playback. This disk drive cannot be
used by the VS-1680.
"_____Defect":
The underlined portion will indicate the number of
unusable memory locations in this drive. The larger
this number is, the lower the reliability of this drive.
"— Complete —":
This drive has no unusable memory.
4. Press [YES].
The VS-1680 will restart.
Chapter 6 Use with a Zip Drive
Cancelling Surface Scan
You may cancel Surface Scan by performing the
following procedure.
1. Press [EXIT (NO)].
"Cancel?" appears in the display.
2. Press [YES].
Surface Scan is new cancelled. However, the
memory found to be unusable up to that point is
not registered.
3. The VS-1680 restarts automatically.
Saving Performance Data to
a Zip Drive (Song Copy)
You can save song data created on the VS-1680 to an
external disk. This is a convenient way to have song
data backed up in the event of possible disk drive
problems or to save data when there is little free disk
space.
Furthermore, since Zip disks are easy to handle and
manage, you can use them when sharing song data
with friends or when you have a VS-1680 both in the
studio and at home. We recommend keeping copies of
important song data on multiple disks.
* Incorrectly conducting the Song Copy procedure may
result in loss of data. Roland Corporation assumes no lia-
bility concerning such loss of data. Furthermore, Roland
does not warrant any copied data, regardless of the perfor-
mance or condition of the Zip Drive.
Backing Up Song Data with a CD-R Drive
or DAT Recorder
You can use a CD-R drive or DAT recorder to
back up song data from the VS-1680. Song data
backed up onto a CD-R disc cannot be overwrit-
ten. Thus, this method is appropriate for backing
up completely finished songs or other such data.
Song data backed up on DAT tapes can be over-
written any number of times, but considering the
time required for saving data, and because of reli-
ability issues, it is more convenient to back up
data using a Zip drive. Roland recommends back-
ing up data (Song Copy) with a Zip drive.
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