Owner`s manual

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Formatting Disks
As we explained earlier in this manual, a new floppy disk must be formatted before
the MDF3 can use it to save data.
1. In UTILITY mode, select
”05: Format”.
When you press the START/STOP key,
the following message will appear in the
LCD.
2. Insert a disk.
Insert the disk to be formatted in the disk
drive.
Note: If you format a disk that has been used
before, any data it contains will be erased.
Make absolutely sure that a disk does not
contain any important data before you for-
mat it.
3. Press the START/STOP key.
The LED above the key will light steadily,
and the LCD will display a message tell-
ing you what percentage of the disk has
been formatted. The MDF3 will recog-
nize the inserted floppy disk type (2HD
or 2DD) and format it automatically in
appropriate size, 1,440 kilobytes for 2HD
and 720 kilobytes for 2DD.
When the disk has been formatted, the
START/STOP LED will begin to flash
again, and the “Format disk” message
will reappear. You can repeat the pro-
cess again to format another disk, or press
any mode keys (MDR, SEQ, JOB, or
UTIL) to exit the function.
Format~disk
05:~~~~~~~Format
Formatting~~~93%