160 Chapter 14—SCSI & External Disk Drives
D24—Owner’s Manual
Formatting External MO Disks
This section explains how to format MO disks in an external MO disk drive. The pro-
cedure for formatting MO disks in the internal MO disk drive is provided on page 26.
1Connect the external MO disk drive to the D24.
2Select the external MO disk drive using the Drive Select function. See “Select-
ing the Work Disk” on page 161.
3Press the [FORMAT] button.
The FORMAT indicator flashes and “FORMAT DISK—ARE YOU SURE” flashes on
the display.
4Press the [ENTER] button.
“PRESS—REC + PLAY” appears on the display.
5Press 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.
6If 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 MO disk is now ready for use.