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Utility
After pressing DISK, use the page scroll
ton to pass to the last two Disk pages: Floppy
Disk Utility and Hard Disk Utility.
These pages provide useful functions for disk and
hard Disk formatting and servicing.
The Floppy Disk Utility page options include:
• Format Work Disk (1.62 MB);
• Format Ms-Dos Disk (1.44 MB);
• Format Ms-Dos/Atari (720 KB)
• Change Disk Name
The Hard Disk Utility options include:
• Hard Disk Check-Recovery
• Hard Disk Sleep Time
• Hard Disk Protection
• Hard Disk Back-up
• Hard Disk Restore
Floppy Disk Utility page
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FORMAT WORK DISK (1.62 MB)
This operation force-formats a 3.5" HD floppy disk
for SK760/880 use.
This extended format procedure prepares the disk
with a capacity of 1.62 megabytes (compared with
the standard 1.4 of MS-DOS disks). This format
cannot be read by computers.
1. Insert a new floppy disk into the drive.
You can also use a formatted disk, provided
that you are not interested in conserving its
contents.
2. Select «Format work disk (1.62 Mb)».
The following dialog window appears:
3. Press ENTER to start the formatting procedure.
WARNING: All the Disk initializing procedures
cancel the entire contents of a used disk - be
absolutely sure that the contents include files that
you don't mind losing.
FORMAT MS-DOS DISK (1.44 MB)
This operation formats a 3.5" HD floppy disk in
MS-DOS format (capacity: 1.44 megabytes).
This format permits file exchange with comput-
ers running MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, Macin-
tosh, Atari, Amiga, and all computers capable of
reading MS-DOS format disks.
The procedure is identical to that described for
the «Format work disk (1.62 Mb)» operation.
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