Operation Manual

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5. Pressthepagemenubuttontoaccessthepage
menu,andpress“Format”toopenthedialogbox.
6. In“VolumeLabel,”usethetexteditbuttonto
accessthetexteditdialogbox,andspecifythe
volumelabel.
Thepreviously‐specifiedvolumelabelwillbe
displayed.Ifnovolumelabelhadbeenspec
ifiedfor
themedi
a,orifanon‐DOSmediawasinserted,this
willindicate“NEWVOLUME.”
7. Specifytheinitializationformat.
QuickFormat:NormallyyoushoulduseQuick
Formattoinitializethemedia.
Selectthisifthemediahasalreadybeenphysically
formatted,orifyouwanttoformatmediathathas
beenUDF‐
formattedbytheKRONOS.Sinceonlythe
systemareaofthemedianeedbeformatted,thiswill
requirelesstime.
Note:Fortheinternaldiskyoucanonlyselect“Quick
Format.”
FullFormat:Selectthiswhenformattingmediathat
hasnotbeenphysicallyformatted,ormedia(CD‐RW)
thathasnotbeenUDF‐formatte
d.
No
te:Normally,itisnotnecessarytoperformaFull
Formatonmediathathasbeenphysicallyformattedat
512bytes/block.ExecutetheQuickFormatforsuch
media.
Note:YouwillnormallyselectFullFormatforCD‐RW
mediaetc.thathasnotbeenUDF‐formatted.Ifanerror
messageof“Medianotfo
rm
atted”appears,execute
FullFormat.
Dependingonthecapacityofthemedia,executingFull
Formatmayrequireasubstantiallengthoftime.
8. Specifythefilesystem.
UseFAT16toformatmediaof4GBorless(suchas
flashmedia),anduseFAT32toformatlargermedi
a
(theoretically,upto2Terabytes).
9. PresstheOKbuttontoformat,orpresstheCancel
buttonifyoudecidetocancel.
WhenyoupresstheOKbutton,amessagewillaskyou
forconfirmation.PresstheOKbuttononceagainto
executetheFormatoperation.
YoumustformataCD‐R/RWdi
scifyo
uwanttouse
itforpacketwriting,orifithaspreviouslybeen
usedbyanotherdevice.
YoudonotneedtoformataCD‐R/RWdiscthatyou
willusetocreateanaudioCD.
YoumustusetheKRONOStoformatthemedia.
TheKRONOSwillnotcorrectlyre
cognizemedia
thathasbeenformattedbyanotherdevice.