Yamaha 9000 pro User Manual

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Disk/SCSI Operations
Disk/SCSI Operations
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Reference
Renaming/deleting/creating Directories
Formatting a Disk
Setting up commercially available blank floppy disks for use with 9000Pro is called 
formatting. This function is also useful for quickly deleting unnecessary files from an 
already formatted disk. Be careful when using this operation, since it automatically 
deletes all data on the disk.
The explanations here apply to step #3 of the Basic Procedure on page 150.
 Select the desired menu. 
Execute each operation by 
following the on-screen 
instructions.  
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CAUTION
• Formatting a disk completely 
erases all data on the disk, 
so be sure that the disk 
you’re formatting does not 
contain important data!
 Select the device to be formatted. 
Execute the Format operation by following 
the on-screen instructions.  
Select this to display the properties of 
the selected disk. 
This allows you to assign a password for 
future formatting operations on the 
9000Pro.  Once a password is assigned, 
no device can be formatted without first 
specifying the password.  This ensures 
that no one else, intentionally or inad-
vertently, will be able to format the 
device.
Pressing this button calls up the Name 
Entry display (page 46), from which you 
can enter the password.  A maximum of 
8 characters can be entered for the 
name, and both capital and lowercase 
letters can be used.
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• Make sure to write down 
your password and keep in a 
separate, secure location, in 
case you forget it.
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• Hard disk drives of a maximum 
8 GB capacity can be format-
ted; however, the maximum 
partition size is 2 GB.  For 
example, an 8 GB hard disk 
drive would have to be format-
ted into four separate 2 GB 
partitions.
• Hard disk drives of a capacity 
greater than 8 GB can be 
installed; however, the 
9000Pro is capable of format-
ting only up to a maximum 8 
GB on the drive.