Format - Roland EXR-46 OR Manuel D'utilisation

r EXR-46 OR
Possible error messages
No Disk You forgot to insert a floppy disk into the drive.
Protect You forgot to switch off the disk's Write pro-
tection. Press the EJECT button of the disk
drive, remove the floppy and close the tab,
insert the disk again and press [YES÷+].
NoFormat The floppy disk is either not formatted or uses a
format the EXR-46 OR doesn't recognize. Press
[YES÷+] to format it now (careful: this will erase
all data on disk).
Disk Err The disk is probably damaged and cannot be
used.
No Files The disk contains no files of the selected type.
Insert another disk.
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Format

Before being able to save files to a disk, you need to prepare a
floppy disk. This is called "formatting". If the floppy you are
about to use is IBM PC formatted, there is no need to format it,
though disk access is faster with disks formatted on the
EXR-46 OR. Otherwise proceed as follows:
(1) Insert a disk into the drive.
Every floppy contains a square tab that allows you to "close"
a little window. With the tab in that position, you can for-
mat the disk. Do not forget to write-enable the disk by clos-
ing this little window prior to inserting the floppy disk.
(2) Press [DISK] to select the Disk mode.
(3) Use FAMILY [√][®] to select "FORMAT". The "Sure?"
message appears and the Yes message starts flashing.
(4) Press [YES÷+] to format the disk.
Note: If you do not want to format your floppy, press [NO÷–].
Note: By formatting a disk, you erase all files it contains. It
would be a good idea to first check what it contains (e.g. on
your PC).
The value to the left of the "Formatng" message now
counts from "1" to "100" while the disk icon flashes to indi-
cate that the disk is being accessed. When the disk is format-
ted, the message "Complete" is briefly displayed.