Roland XP-80 quick start Save your new song, Format a disk

Save your new song

The song you’ve just recorded will be lost if you turn the power off. If you wish to keep the song, you must save it to disk.

Format a disk

New disks or disks that have been formatted for use on another device must be formatted by the XP-80 before songs can be saved to them.

<Procedure>

❶Check the disk.

The XP-80 uses 2DD or 2HD 3.5 inch floppy disks. When you format a disk, all data existing on that disk will be lost. If you will be using a disk that has been used with another device, make sure that it does not contain data you wish to keep.

❷Set the protect tab of the disk to the Write position.

Protect tab

Write (writing permitted)

Protect (writing prohibited)

❸Insert the disk into the disk drive.

❹ Press [DISK].

❺ Press the numeric key [3], then [ENTER].

The Format display (DISK/Format) will appear.

❻Press [F6] (Execute).

At this time, the message “Format OK?” appears to prompt your confirmation.

❼Press [F5] (OK) to execute formatting.

When formatting is completed, the display will indicate “COMPLETE.”

✳If you wish to cancel formatting, press [F6] (Cancel).

❽Press [EXIT] to return to the Disk Menu display (DISK/Menu).

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