Formatting A Disk; Solving Problems With Saving Or Recalling Files; If You Are Using An External Disk Drive - Agilent Technologies 8753ET User Manual

Formatting a Disk

1. Press
Save/Recall
2. Choose the type of format you want:
❏
FORMAT:LIF
❏
FORMAT:DOS
3. Press
FORMAT EXT DISK

Solving Problems with Saving or Recalling Files

If you encounter a problem when you are storing files to disk, or the analyzer internal memory, check the
following list for possible causes:
• Look in the analyzer display message area. The analyzer may show a message that will identify the
problem. Refer to the "Error Messages" chapter of the reference guide if you view a message.
• Make sure that you are NOT using a single-sided floppy disk in the analyzer disk drive.
• Make sure that you are using a formatted disk.
• Make sure that the disk has not been formatted with the LIF-HFS (hierarchical file system) extensions as
the analyzer does not support this format.

If You Are Using an External Disk Drive

• Make sure that the analyzer is in system controller mode, by pressing
SYSTEM CONTROLLER
• Make sure that you have connected the disk drive to ac power, switched on the power, and connected a
GPIB cable between the disk drive and the analyzer.
• Make sure that the analyzer recognizes the disk drive's GPIB address, as explained in
Measurement Results to a Disk Drive" on page
• Make sure that the analyzer recognizes the disk (drive) unit that you selected (0 or 1).
• If the external disk is a hard disk, make sure that the disk volume number is set correctly.
• If the disk drive is an older HP 9122, it may not recognize the newer high density disks.
• Substitute the GPIB cable.
• Substitute the disk drive.
FILE UTILITIES FORMAT DISK
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YES
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Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results
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Local
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Formatting a Disk
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