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CNC Operation
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Exit from the Procedure
Exit from the page. ☞
OUT
5.9.5.2 Diskette Management
Select diskette management. ☞
DISK
The following softkeys are displayed:
SPACEDISK
HELP
OUT
ABORTCHKDSKFORMAT
Press the
HELP
key for help on the softkeys displayed:
Help on DISK commands
<SPACE> : Display the space available on the diskette
<FORMAT> : Format the diskette for use with MS-DOS
<CHKDSK> : Check the diskette and corrects any errors found
<ABORT> : Abort the current command.
Formatting a Diskette
This operation requires presence of a diskette in the drive. The diskette must either be unformatted or contain data
to be deleted.
It is necessary to initialise diskettes in MS-DOS format before being able to save data on them. The diskette type (720
or 1440 KB) is automatically detected.
Command formatting of the diskette. ☞
FORMAT
The following message is displayed in the dialogue window:
Format erases ALL data.
Confirm format Y/N ?❚
Confirm formatting. ☞
Y
Data are displayed while the diskette is being formatted:
formatting disk 720 KB
25%
At the end of formatting, the following data are displayed:
730112 byte(s) total disk space
730112 byte(s) available on disk
1024 byte(s) per cluster
713 cluster on disk available
REMARK Formatting of a diskette is the only command that cannot be stopped by the
ABORT
key.