Initializing the internal hard disk

Initializing the internal hard disk

The UTILITY screen Format page lets you initialize the internal hard disk. Prior to exporting and importing WAV files to or from a Macintosh computer (Mac OS X 10.3) it may be necessary to ini- tialize the hard disk in order to change the hard disk cluster size.

NOTE

Executing the Format operation will erase all data from the internal hard disk, and the data cannot be recov- ered. We recommend that you backup all data on the internal hard disk to a computer before executing the Format operation.

You cannot abort the Format operation once it has been started.

Never turn off or disconnect the power during formatting, since this may damage the hard disk and cause malfunctions.

To call this page press the Work Navigate section [UTIL- ITY] key as many times as necessary, or press the [F3] key after pressing the [UTILITY] key.

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1CLUSTER field

Set the disk cluster size to either 32K or 64K.

If you will be using Mac OS X 10.3 for WAV file transfer operations, set the cluster size to 32K. Select the 64K cluster size for maximum speed if you will be using Win- dows, or Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. When the AW2400 is shipped from the factory, the cluster size is set to 64K.

BEXECUTE button

Execute the disk initialization. A popup window will show the progress of the initialization operation.

The popup window will close when initialization has been completed.

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Yamaha AW2400 Initializing the internal hard disk, Cluster field, Set the disk cluster size to either 32K or 64K, 212