SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
DISK DRIVE..." and then returns to the
Storage Page. The file is Deleted and the Program Bank
block it occupied on the disk is now available.
Or Press
*NO* to cancel the procedure for any reason.
To Delete a Single Program File from the disk
− > Insert the disk containing the Program data into the Disk Drive.
-> Press the
Storage button to go to the Storage Page.
-> Press
DISK. The Disk Storage menu appears.
-> Press
DELETE. The disk drive light goes on briefly and the Display says "READING
DIRECTORY FROM DISK." Then the Disk Load Menu appears as shown above.
− > Press
PROGRAM. The following Display appears:
− > Use the Data Entry Slider
and the Up and Down Arrow
buttons to scroll through the 128
Program Files on the disk.
− > Find the Program File
you want to Delete.
− > Press
*YES' The Display
briefly reads "ACCESSING DISK DRIVE,.," and then returns to the Storage Page. The file is
Deleted and the Single Program block it occupied on the disk is now available. Or Press
*NO*
to cancel the procedure for any reason.
DELETE Error Messages:
There are a number of Error Messages which you might encounter when Deleting a File:
NO DISK IN DRIVE — Put the disk with the file you want to Delete into the drive.
− DISK WRITE-PROTECTED — The plastic Write-Protect tab in the lower-left corner of the
disk is in the open position (you can see through the hole). You cannot Delete a file until the tab
is moved to the closed position.
− > DISK IS UNREADABLE OR UNFORMATTED — The disk in the Disk Drive is
not formatted for
SQ-80 data. If you get this message with a disk has is formatted. it usually
indicates that the disk has been damaged in some way, and cannot be read.
− COMMAND CANCELED - INCORRECT FILE TYPE — This message will occur when
Deleting ONE (SEQ), ALL (SEQ) or SYS-EX files, if you have a file of the wrong type showing
when you answer *YES*. Try the procedure again.
− > UNUSED OR EMPTY FILES CANNOT BE ACCESSED — You tried to Delete an
empty file. The
SQ-80 considers this counter-productive, and won't do it.
− > DISK CHANGE DETECTED — RE-ENTER COMMAND — When the SQ-80 went to
Delete the file it discovered that the disk in the drive was not the same one whose directory it
initially read. You switched disks sometime after you pressed DELETE. Repeat the procedure,
leaving the same disk in the drive throughout.
− > DISK CONTROLLER ERROR - CONSULT MANUAL — If this message appears during
any disk procedure, it might indicate a hardware problem with the
SQ-80's Disk Drive or Disk
Drive controller chip. Try a different disk; if the message persists, consult an authorized
ENSONIQ Service Center.
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