ERROR MESSAGES
M e s s a g e
M e a n in g
Drive Not R e a d y /
Set Disk or
C A N C E L
There is no disk set in the drive To cancel, hold
do w n the CANCEL key fo r tw o seconds o r m ore.
U N F O R M A T E D /
The disk in the drive has not been formatted for
the DSS-1. You must format the disk in the
DSS-1 in order to use it in this drive.
P R O T E C T E D /
(H A R D )
Format, save, and delete functions can not be
carried out because the disk's write protect tab
is in the protect or write disable (read only) posi
tion, Reset the tab to the write enable (read/
write) position. Then try again.
P R O T E C T E D /
(S O F T )
The disk is set to the write protect mode, so you
can not perform save or delete operations. Use
disk utility mode F1 to reset the protection, then
try again.
D IS K F U L L /
Free area on the disk is insufficient to store the
sounds or multisounds that you are trying to
save. Or, the save procedure will cause the
number of sounds and multisounds to exceed
the limits of the disk
In either case, you can delete sounds or multi-
sounds from the disk to make space, or you can
save to a different disk.
S Y S T E M
Incomplete^
An incomplete system has been loaded because
a multisound or multisounds that were supposed
to be in the system were not found on the disk.
Check the relationships (dependencies) between
the programs and multisounds.
This message may appear also if there is a data
error in the MIDI parameters or multisound list.
Refer to the DATA ERROR message.
M e s s a g e
M e a n in g
NO M .S N D S
E X IS T
Them are no multisounds in the system In other
words, the system has not been finished
N O S O U N D S
There ;s nol a single sound on the disk.
N O M . S N D S
There Is not a single multisound on the disk.
N O F I L E /
The multisound or sound that you Hied lo get
does not exist on that disk.
D A T A E R R O R /
Data written or reatTTrom "disk Is garbled and
meaningless.
Most data errors are caused by dirt on the disk
or damage to the disk. This problem also occurs
if the disk and the drive are no! very compatible
or if the drive heads are dirty
If this message appears when getting data, try
taking out the disk, inserting it again, and then
repeating the get procedure several times.
If this message appears when saving data, there
is a danger of corrupting other data on that disk,
so use a new disk to save the data. Use the old
disk for getting dala only,
*T o dean the heads, insert a commercially
available dual sided head cleaning disk and
perform the sound directory function two or
three times.
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