Section 11 — Storage Functions EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual
EPS-16 PLUS Disk Functions
FORMAT FLOPPY DISK — Formatting a Blank Disk
Before it can be used by the EPS-16 PLUS to store data, a disk must be
formatted. Formatting puts information on the disk which the EPS-16 PLUS
needs to read and write files. In addition to formatting a blank disk, the Format
procedure can be used to reformat a disk which has been used with some other
device, such as a personal computer or another musical instrument. Note that any
data (of whatever type) on a disk will be lost when the disk is formatted by the
EPS-16 PLUS.
To Format a blank disk:
• Insert a blank, Double-Sided Double-Density 3.5" micro-floppy disk into the
disk drive, with the label-side facing left, and the metal shutter facing away
from you. Make sure the plastic write-protect tab is in the closed position (no
light showing through the window).
• Press Command, followed by the System•MIDI button.
• Press the Right Arrow button repeatedly until the following screen appears:
• Press Enter•Yes. The display will read DISK LABEL=DISK000
Use the data slider and the arrow buttons to give the disk a unique name by
which you can identify that disk. This is very important, as the EPS-16 PLUS
will ask you for this disk by name if an instrument or song on the disk is used
in a bank Also, make sure you write the Disk Label name on the outside of
each disk after you are done formatting it.
• Press Enter•Yes. The display will read ERASE AND FORMAT DISK?
• Press the Enter•Yes button to proceed. (Pressing the Cancel•No button
will return you to the COMMAND/System•MIDI page with no harm done.)
• While the EPS-16 PLUS is formatting the disk the display reads
• FORMATTING• The formatting process takes about 80 seconds.
• When the formatting is done, the display reads DISK COMMAND
COMPLETED, and then you are returned to the COMMAND/System•MIDI
page. The disk is ready to accept instrument, bank, sequencer, or system data.
FORMAT FLOPPY DISK Messages:
• DISK DRIVE NOT READY — No disk in the drive.
• DISK FORMAT FAILURE -- DISK IS UNUSABLE. This indicates a
defective disk. If you get this message we advise that you throw out the disk in
question. Try again with another disk.
• DISK WRTTE-PROTECTED — The plastic write-protect tab in the lower-left
corner of the disk must be closed (so you can't see through the hole) before
anything can be written to the dislk. Close the write-protect tab and try again.
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