Formatting Diskettes In The Superdisk Drive; Nec Versabay Iii - NEC VERSA LXI - VERSION 02-2000 Manual

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Emergency Eject Hole — allows you to manually remove a disk from the

SuperDisk drive if the eject function is disabled by software or a power failure.

To remove a disk, insert the end of a paper clip into the eject hole and push in. The

SuperDisk ejects.

Release Button — ejects the SuperDisk. Press this button when power is on to insert

a SuperDisk into or remove a SuperDisk from the drive.

Status LED — lights during data read operations. Do not eject the SuperDisk or

turn off the NEC Versa when the indicator is lit.

Formatting Diskettes in the SuperDisk Drive

When formatting a diskette in the SuperDisk drive while in DOS mode, you may

encounter the following error messages:

For 720-KB and 1.44-MB diskettes the error message states

"Invalid media or Track 0 bad – disk unusable,"

"Extended Error 1g - format terminated."

For a 120-MB SuperDisk the error message states

"Parameters not supported by drive."

When in DOS mode, the message text may vary. These error messages indicate that the

diskette you are attempting to format is write-protected. Simply write-enable the

diskette before formatting.

The NEC VersaBay III is the drive bay located below the VersaGlide at the front left

side of the system. Your NEC Versa ships with a 24X CD-ROM drive, CD Read/Write

drive, SuperDisk drive, or 6X DVD-ROM drive installed in the bay. The NEC

VersaBay III supports warm swapping which allows you to remove and replace a

device while your NEC Versa is in a sleep state. For details about using the warm swap

utility, refer to the section, "NEC VersaBay III Swap Utility," later in this chapter.

Using the System Drives and Bays 5-3

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