Format Drive - Roland VS-2480 Owner's Manual

What Can Be Done About a Fragmented Hard Drive?
You can de-fragment—or "defrag"—your hard drive using the same three steps we
listed in "How Can I Prevent Fragmentation?"
If you have trouble backing up a project, it may be because it's just too fragmented.
Perform the following actions, in order:
1. Optimize the project (Page 100).
2. After optimization, copy the project to another drive, preferably one that's less
3. Back up the copy and perform the steps in "How Can I Prevent Fragmentation?" on
If you have trouble backing up the copied project, try lowering the CD speed.

Format Drive

When you format a hard drive, you erase all of the information currently on it, and
prepare it for use by the VS-2480. Formatting completely wipes clean all of the hard
drive's partitions. You'd format a hard drive:
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When a hard drive is formatted for use with the VS-2480, it can't be used by another
device, nor can another device's hard drive be used by the VS-2480 without being
re-formatted.
What Gets Formatted
When you format a drive, all of its contents are erased. If the drive has multiple
partitions—as your internal hard disk does—they're all wiped clean of data.
About Partition Sizes
To learn about partitions, see "How a VS-2480 Hard Drive Organizes Data" on Page 86.
When you format a hard drive, you're asked to decide the size of its drives/partitions.
The VS-2480 offers you four choices:
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"MB" is short for megabytes, one thousand bytes.
We recommend you select a 10GB partition size when you format a hard drive for use
with the VS-2480—a 10GB partition provides plenty of room for the VS-2480's 24-track
projects. The other sizes are provided mainly for their familiarity to users of earlier
V-Studios.
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crowded with project data (Page 101).
the previous page.
after backing up all of its projects during your monthly hard drive maintenance, as
described in "How Can I Prevent Fragmentation?" on Page 112.
when you're de-fragging a hard drive after backing up all of the projects on it.
when you've purchased and installed a new internal hard drive, or one that's been
used by another device.
when you're preparing a Zip disk for the storage of exported project data.
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