Akai MPC 2000xl - Manual (Page 166)

Chapter 10: Disk Operation
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Formatting a SCSI Drive
1 Connect the MPC2000XL to an external SCSI drive using SCSI connectors (refer to “Con-
necting an External SCSI Drive”).
2 Hold SHIFT and press LOAD (3 on the numeric keypad) to enter the Disk mode. Press
FORMAT [F4] to display the format screen.
3 Select the SCSI ID number of the drive in the Device: field.
SAVE LOAD FORMAT DO IT
100M
Device: SCSI-5 Partition size=100M Partition size=100M
Vender=IOMEGA Parts:A-A
Product=ZIP 100 Product=ZIP 100 Ver.=D.08
THIS WILL ERASE THE WHOLE DISK!! THIS WILL ERASE THE WHOLE DISK!!
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The Vender= , Product= , Ver.= fields displays various information about the
selected disk drive. The total disk capacity will appear under the icon on the far right.
4 Set the partitioning. When you are using a large disk, such as a hard disk, it is easier to
manage files by dividing the disk into partitions which are then named in alphabetical
order. The
Partition size= field will display the size of each partition set in the
Parts: field.
When A-A is selected in the Parts: field, the disk will not be partitioned. When A-D is
selected in the Parts: field, the disk will be divided into four partitions: A, B, C, and D.
The disk space will be equally divided.
Note: If a partitioned disk is connected to a PC, the partition data may be destroyed,
preventing data retrieval.
5 Press DO IT [F5] to format.
If a disk such as a CD-ROM (which cannot be written to) is selected in the Device:
field, Disk write error will appear, and the disk will not be formatted.
Note: The MPC2000XL is not compatible with the 1024K (or larger) sector sized MO
disks.