Kurzweil K2600 V2.0 - MUSICIANS GUIDE SUPPLEMENT REV A - The Partitioning Procedure; When Disks Are Already Partitioned

Disk Partitioning
Partitioning Your Hard Disk
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The time required for hard formatting varies widely depending on the hard disk. Newer drives
in the 10-G range will generally take from 30 to 60 minutes, although your results may differ.
1. Press the Disk mode button to enter Disk mode.
2. Select the Current Disk parameter, if necessary, then select the SCSI ID of the disk you
want to format.
3. Press the Chan/Bank buttons simultaneously. You’ll see several prompts asking you
whether you want to do a hard format.
4. Answer Yes in each case. The display informs you when formatting begins. When it’s
finished, the display returns to Disk mode.
The Partitioning Procedure
Caution: This procedure destroys all data files on the disk. Before formatting, make sure to back up any
data that you want to preserve.
1. If you haven’t already done a hard format, do so now, as described in the preceding
procedure. Doing a hard format is important for ensuring data integrity. When the hard
format is complete, the K2600 returns to Disk mode, and you can proceed with Step 2.
2. Press one of the more soft buttons until you see the Format soft button. Press it. The
display prompts you to decide whether to format the disk. Press Yes.
3. The display prompts you to choose whether to partition the disk. Press Yes.
4. The display prompts you with a reminder that formatting erases everything on the hard
disk, and asks whether you want to continue. Press Yes.
5. The display shows
Formatting|Drive|X|with|N|partitions. X is the SCSI ID of
the disk, and N is the number of partitions that the disk will contain. This is the last chance
to abort the formatting process. If you do a soft reset while this message is visible, you’ll
cancel the format. Each partition takes about 30 seconds to format.
When Disks Are Already Partitioned
If the hard disk you’ve selected for formatting is already partitioned, the display you see at
Step 2 prompts you to decide whether to reformat the entire disk. Press Yes if you want to
reformat the whole disk, then proceed with Step 3.
If you don’t want to reformat the entire disk, press No at Step 2. The display prompts you to
decide whether to format a single partition. Press Yes, and the display prompts you to select a
partition to format. By the way, this is a quick method for deleting all the files in a single
partition.