Formatting A Floppy Disk - Furuno Felcom 15 Operator's Manual

3.3.1

Formatting a floppy disk

To save a message to a floppy disk the disk must first be formatted. Formatting
prepares the disk so that information can be written to its surface.
1. Insert a blank floppy disk into the disk drive.
2. Press the [F1] key.
3. Press the [8] key (Format Disk).
4. Press the [↓] or [↑] key to choose appropriate media type.
5. Press the [Enter] key.
6. Press the [←] key to choose Yes and then press the [Enter] key to format the
disk. The screen shows a progress bar as below. When formatting is
completed, the floppy disk drive lamp goes off.
If there is no floppy disk in the drive, the message "FD access failure: Drive
not ready." appears. Press the [Esc] key to erase the message and then
insert a floppy disk in the drive.
Note: If formatting failed, the message (flashing) "Format failed, press any
File
Insert new disk.
And select media type.
6. Rename
7. Print
8. Format Disk
9. MIME (Decode)
Format disk, disk type options
Insert new disk.
And select media type.
Format disk, format start window
key to continue." appears.
Format Disk
2HD (1.44MB)
2DD (720kB)
Format Disk
Start
Yes No
Format Disk
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