Chapter 1 Trying out the expanded functions
Disk drive related
■Checking the reliability of a
disk
When a disk drive is initialized, the entire area of that drive is now checked (surface scanned) to determine whether reading and writing can be performed correctly. If a loca- tion which cannot be correctly read or written is found, the
When this procedure is performed, the contents that were saved on the disk will all be lost. Perform this procedure on a newly purchased disk, or on a disk that had been used on another computer etc. but is now to be used on the
*The surface scan operation requires a substantial amount of time. For example, the internal IDE drive (540 MB) will require approximately 30 minutes. This will give you an idea of how much time will be required for the capacity of your disk drive.
1.Press [SYSTEM] several times until “SYS DriveInitialize?” is displayed.
2.Press [YES].
3.Select the drive that will be initialized. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Init.Drive (Initialize drive)
Select the disk drive that will be initialized.
4.Press PARAMETER [ 
] several times until “SYS SurfaceScan=” appears.
For physical formatting (PhysicalFmt) and partitioning (Partition), refer to ÒInitializing the diskÓ (p.93).
5.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
SurfaceScan (Surface scan)
Off: Read and write test will not be performed (same as Ver.1).
On: Read and write test will be performed.
6.Press [YES].
A message will ask you to confirm that you really want to initialize the disk.
7.Press [YES] two more times.
Disk initialization will begin.
8.When initialization ends, surface scan will begin auto- matically.
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To halt during the procedure
To halt surface scan during the procedure, press [CAN- CEL(NO)]. However, even if unusable memory had been found, it will not be registered.
If the display indicates “File System Err”
A read or write failure has occurred in a location which stores basic data used by the
back. This disk drive cannot be used by the
The
If the display indicates “_____Defect”
The underlined portion will indicate the number of unus- able memory locations in this drive. The larger this num- ber is, the lower the reliability of this drive.
The
If the display indicates “— Complete
This drive has no unusable memory.
The
■Checking that a disk is not
damaged
It is now possible to check that the drive you are using can be read correctly (Drive Check).
This provides a way to determine whether a failure during Song Copy (p.78) or DAT Backup (p.97) is due to a problem in the song itself that was saved on disk, or whether the problem is with the connections etc.
If data cannot be read correctly, the display will indicate the song in which the error occurred.
1.Press [SYSTEM] until the “SYS Drive Check ?” display appears.
2.Press [YES].
3.Select the drive that you wish to check. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
CheckDrive (Check drive)
Select the disk drive that you wish to check.
4.Press [YES].
A message will ask you to confirm that you wish to check the drive.
5.Press [YES] once again.
The display will indicate ÒSTORE Current ?Ó
6.If you wish to save the current song, press [YES].
If you wish to perform the test without storing the cur- rent song, press [NO].
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