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Chapter 14—SCSI & External Disk Drives
Formatting External MO Disks
This section explains how to format MO disks in an external MO disk drive. The pro-
cedure for formatting MO disks in the internal MO disk drive is provided on page 26.
Connect the external MO disk drive to the D24.
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Select the external MO disk drive using the Drive Select function. See "Select-
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ing the Work Disk" on page 161.
Press the [FORMAT] button.
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The FORMAT indicator flashes and "FORMAT DISK—ARE YOU SURE" flashes on
the display.
Press the [ENTER] button.
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"PRESS—REC + PLAY" appears on the display.
Press the [REC] and [PLAY] buttons simultaneously to format the disk, or the
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[CANCEL] button to cancel the Format function.
The logical formatting process starts and "FORMATTING" appears on the display.
When formatting is complete, "FINISHED" appears on the display, the FORMAT indi-
cator goes out, and "01 NEW PROJ" appears on the display.
If you want to set the absolute start time of project 01 to a time other than
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"00:00:00.00," set it now. See "Recording" on page 33 for more information.
Otherwise, press the [ENTER] button.
The absolute start time for subsequent projects can be specified as and when they are
recorded.
The MO disk is now ready for use.
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