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FORMATTING A FLOPPY DISK

Before a floppy disk can be used with the S3000XL, it must be formatted. To format a

floppy disk, insert the disk in the drive, and press . You will see this screen display:

There are two types of floppy disk available - DD (double density) or HD (high density). The

higher capacity HD disks are recommended. You may select which type of disk you are

formatting in the field where you may select LOW or HIGH.

NOTE: The fields and have no function when formatting floppy disks - these

are only used when formatting hard disks (see below).

To format the floppy disk, select FLOPPY at the top of the screen if it isn’t already selected

and press . You will see:

Depending on the type of disk you are using (i.e. DD or HD), the process will take about a

minute and the track and side number of the disk will be displayed as the operation

proceeds. When the operation is complete you should receive the following display:

This indicates that the disk has formatted correctly and is safe to use. If you get an

indication that there are bad blocks, the disk may be unreliable. The S3000XL will inform

you of this. If you do receive such a message, you may like to try again but it usually

means that the disk has become seriously damaged in some way. This is unlikely to

happen on brand new disks but may happen on floppy disks that are being re-used,

especially if they have been used before on another system.

Formatting a disk will permanently remove all data previously recorded on it.

Only format new floppy disks or ones which contain data that you are sure you don’t

need any more.

If you have a hard disk connected as well, be especially careful to select FLOPPY!!

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