2 – Advanced techniques

Formatting a partition

If you want to keep partition sizes the same, or you only wish to clean out one partition of the recording media, this is the way to do it. You use the REFORMATscreen to format a partition.

CAUTION

You cannot undo this operation—all data on the selected partition will be lost. ONLY CARRY OUT THIS OPERATION IF YOU ARE SURE THIS IS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.

On the DP-02:

1.From the MENUscreen, select and enter the DISK.

2.Select the REFORMATaction and press the ¥ cursor or YES/ENTER key. The display shows:

An asterisk (Ú) shows the current active partition. The sizes of the partitions are shown (not the avail- able space).

3.Select the partition to be formatted and press YES/ ENTER. A popup message reminds you that all data on the partition will be lost.

4.Press YES/ENTER to format the partition.

On the DP-02CF:

1.From the CARD screen, select and enter the REFORMATaction. The display appears as shown in step 2 on the left column (here, HDDis now CF).

An asterisk (Ú) shows the active partition. The sizes of the partitions are shown (not the available space).

2.Select the partition to be formatted and press YES/

ENTER.

A popup message appears on the display as shown in step 3 above.

3.Press YES/ENTER to format the partition.

Formatting the FAT partition

The FAT partition is used for transfer between the unit and a personal computer. Its size is fixed by the unit, and cannot be changed.

CAUTION

You cannot undo this operation—all data on the FAT partition will be lost. ONLY CARRY OUT THIS OPERA-

TION IF YOU ARE SURE THIS IS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.

On the DP-02:

1.From the MENUscreen, select and enter the DISK.

2.Select the REFORMATaction and press ¥ cursor or

YES/ENTER.

On DP-02CF:

1.From the CARD screen, select and enter the FAT REFORMATaction. The display appears as shown in step 2 on the left column.

2.Press YES/ENTER to reformat the FAT partition.

3 Press YES/ENTER to reformat the FAT partition.

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