PowerFile C200 Studio, R200, C200S Initializing Formatting media, MacOS standard, MacOS Extended

Instructions for Macintosh

Initializing (Formatting) media

DVD-RAM media must be initialized (formatted) before data can be written onto the disc. There are three types of formatting that are available when formatting DVD-RAM media for the Macintosh: MacOS Standard, MacOS Extended, and Universal Disc Format. The three types of formatting are described below:

MacOS standard

Standard Macintosh HSF formatting

MacOS Extended

Standard HSF+ formatting

Universal Disc Format

This format will enable the formatted disc to be read by both Macintosh and Windows systems.

Formatting Recommendations

PowerFile recommends that discs that will be used in a mixed Macintosh & PC environment should be formatted with the Universal Disc Format. Discs that will be used exclusively in a Macintosh environment should be formatted with MacOS Extended (standard HSF+) formatting.

Formatting Discs

To format an unformatted DVD-RAM disc, select the disc in the MediaFinder window, (the disc will be listed in the MediaFinder window as Unformatted RAM disc), and from the Browser menu, go to Changer Admin, then Initialize Disc..., and select the formatting you wish from the menu.

Note that formatting a disc will permanently erase all data on that disc.

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