Apple profile - Reformatting the ProFile Drive; Selecting ProFile Write Modes

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Reformatting
the
Drive
Formatting
prepares
your
ProFile
for use
by establishing
a dlreclory
structure
and
dividing
up the
recording
surfaces
inlo areas
where
you
can
later
store
information
and
programs Your
ProFile
was already
formatted
before
ìt left the
factory. Howeve(
your
System
Utilities
includes
a routine
that allows
you
to relormal
your
ProFile
il
its dlrectory
structure
becomes
damaged,
or
if
you
desire
to
recover all
available
space
on the
ProFile
without
having to erase
each
file and
subdirectory'
WAFNING!
You should
not
reformaì
your
ProFile unless
il is absolulely
necessary
because
formatling
removes
all
previously
recorded
dala,
including
your
System
Utilities.
lf
you
musl reformat
your
ProFile,
you
can
reslore
your
System
Utilities
by
going
back
to Chapler
2
and
lollowing
the
inskuctions
in the
paragraph
entitled
"Loading
the System
Utilities
into the ProFile".
Format
your
ProFile
as
follows:
1 .
Insert
the
"ProFile
Driver and System
Utilities
Software"
Diskette
into the
built-in drive.
2.
Boot the
Apple
lll-hold
the CONTROL
key down and
press
RESET.
3.
Type D lor Device
Handling
commands
4.
Type F for
Format
a Volume.
5.
Type
.PROFILE
and
Press
RETURN
6.
Type a
volume name
(for
example
PROFILE)
and
press
RETURN.
Selecting
Write/VerifY
or
Write
Your
ProFile
writes
data
in
either
of
two
modes:
Write/Verify
or
Write
ln
the
Writelverify
mode,
information
is writlen
during
one
revolution
ol the
disk
and
read back
(verified)
during
the
following
revolution
This
is the
default
mode,
and
is the
mode
your
ProFile
will operate
ln unless
you
change
the
driver configuration.
lf
you wish to
increase
your
data
lnstalling
The
Driver Soltware
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