158 Chapter 14—SCSI & External Disk Drives
D24—Owner’s Manual
Formatting External Disk Drives
New disk drives and drives that have been used to store other kinds of data must be for-
matted before they can be used with the D24. The formatting process prepares a disk
for storing D24 data. Formatting erases all previously stored data, so if you’re reusing a
disk, make sure that it contains no important data before formatting.
The method of formatting depends on the type of external disk drive and whether or
not you want to mount the disk using a personal computer. Three procedures are pro-
vided as follows.

Formatting Hard Disks for Maximum Capacity

This section explains how to format an external hard disk drive in order to use the max-
imum capacity supported by the D24, which is 8.4 GB. The drive must be formatted
using both the Physical Format and front panel [FORMAT] functions. Disk drives for-
matted this way cannot be mounted by a personal computer.
1Connect the external hard disk drive to the D24.
2Select the external hard disk drive using the Drive Select function. See “Select-
ing the Work Disk” on page 161.
3Press the [UTILITY] button.
The UTILITY indicator lights up.
4Use the JOG/DATA dial to select “PHYS FORMAT,” and then press the [ENTER]
button.
The FORMAT indicator flashes and “ARE YOU SURE” flashes on the display.
5Press the [ENTER] button to format the disk.
The physical formatting process starts and “FORMATTING” appears on the display.
When the physical formatting process is complete, “FINISHED” appears on the display
and the FORMAT indicator goes out.
6Press the [FORMAT] button.
The FORMAT indicator flashes and “FORMAT DISK—ARE YOU SURE” flashes on
the display.
7Press the [ENTER] button.
“PRESS—REC + PLAY” appears on the display.
8Press the [REC] and [PLAY] buttons simultaneously to format the disk, or the
[CANCEL] button to cancel the Format function.
The logical formatting process starts and “FORMATTING” appears on the display.
When formatting is complete, “FINISHED” appears on the display, the FORMAT indi-
cator goes out, and “01 NEW PROJ” appears on the display.
9If you want to set the absolute start time of project 01 to a time other than
“00:00:00.00,” set it now. See “Recording” on page 33 for more information.
Otherwise, press the [ENTER] button.
The absolute start time for subsequent projects can be specified as and when they are
recorded.
The hard disk is now ready for use.