Drive Check - Roland VS-2480 Owner's Manual

7—Project and Drive Operations
7. Press ENTER/YES to clear the drive, or EXIT/NO to cancel.
8. If you want to proceed, press ENTER/YES. To cancel the operation, press EXIT/NO.
9. If you pressed ENTER/YES, the VS-2480 asks if you want to save any recent changes
10. Press ENTER/YES to save the project before clearing the drive, or EXIT/NO to

Drive Check

If you're experiencing problems loading a project, copying it or backing it up, you can
run a Drive Check operation to determine if the problem is with your data—if not, you
may have a connection problem or a hardware malfunction. Drive Check examines the
directory that keeps track of where your files are, and seeks out potential problems
with your data. When it's done, it displays a report of its findings.
Understanding the Drive Check Report
The most important part of the Drive Check Report is the line at its top left that either
says "No Err"—as in the illustration above—or "(x) Err," where "x" equals the number
of errors found. If Drive Check does find errors, it lists them in the report—turn the
TIME/VALUE dial to view them. Items marked with "OK" have no problems.
Here's what some of the terms in the report mean:
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If you pressed ENTER/YES, the VS-2480 double-checks to make sure you want to
proceed, since you're about to wipe everything on the selected drive/partition.
to the currently loaded project.
proceed without doing so.
Cluster—the smallest chunk of disk data the VS-2480 reads and writes.
Cross link (X-Link)—a case in which audio from one project is mistakenly referenced
by another. This may cause one project's audio to be heard during playback of
another.
Loose Area—a chunk of orphaned audio data not associated with any project.
Directories—the list of each drive's files and where they're located on the disk. If a
directory becomes confused or damaged, you may see "IllegalDIR" error messages.
This:
Total
Defect
Used
Free
X-Link Err
Loose Area
Illegal Dir
Read Error
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Refers to:
Total number of clusters
Number of damaged or unusable clusters
Number of clusters in use
Number of clusters not yet used
Number of cross links
Number of orphaned clusters
Number of directories with incorrect information
Number of data-reading problems during the check
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Drive Check found no
problems with this drive.