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Chapter 7 Use with a Zip Drive

1.Turn on the power of the Zip drive.

2.Turn on the power of the VS-880EX with the POWER switch on the rear panel.

3.Turn on the power of connected audio equip- ments.

4.Raise the volume of the audio devices to appro- priate levels.

*For more detailed information regarding Zip drive con- nections, including the necessary settings, please refer to “About SCSI” (Appendices p. 5).

Initializing the Disk

(Drive Initialize)

A new disk just purchased at computer store or a disk that was used by another device cannot be used on the VS-880EX as is. You must initialize the disk so that it can be used by the VS-880EX. When a disk is initialized, the entire contents are irretrievably lost. Check any such disk you plan to initialize to make sure that it does not contain anything that you don’t want deleted. Additionally, disks used with the VS-

880EX cannot be used on other devices (such as personal computers).

*If you accidentally delete data that you need, that data cannot be restored to its previous condition. Roland Corporation assumes no liability concerning such loss of data.

If you are using a drive or disk that has been parti- tioned, please note that you will not be able to

choose a particular partition that you wish to ini-

tialize. When you carry out a drive initialization, the whole drive and all its partitions will be initialized at once.

Here is an example how to initialize new Zip disks.

1.Confirm that power of the Zip drive and the VS- 880EX is turned on.

2.Insert a disk into the Zip drive.

3.Press [SYSTEM] several times until “SYS DriveInitialize” appears in the display.

4.Press [YES].

“Init.Drive=” appears in the display.

5.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.

Drive for initialize

(in the example, a Zip drive)

CONDITION MARKER# TIME

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INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER

Init Drive (Initialize Drive)

Select the disk drive (IDE, SCSI0–SCSI7). “ The inter- nal hard disk will be shown as “IDE,” and external disk drives will be shown as “SC0–SC7.” The number following each disk drive indicates the partition num- ber. For example, select “SCSI5” when selecting the Zip drive connection.

6.Press PARAMETER [ ]. “PhysicalFmt” appears in the display.

7.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.

Physical Format

Select whether or not to use physical formatting. For new disks or disks that have been used by another device, select “On.” For new hard disks or when for- matting disks for Windows or Macintosh platforms, select “Off”.

8.Press PARAMETER [ ]. “Partition” appears in the display.

9.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.

Partition

Select the partition size (500 MB or 1000 MB). In nor- mal circumstances, select “1000 MB.”

10.Press PARAMETER [ ]. “Surface Scan” appears in the display.

11.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.

Surface Scan

This confirms that the read and write functions in all of the disk drive’s partitions are operating correctly when the drive is initialized. In normal circumstances, set this to “Off.” When you particularly want to con- duct a test of the read/write functions, the set this to “On” (p. 101).

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