QMS 2025, Administrator'S Manual

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The Disk
Operations
Submenu
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The message window displays
READING DATA
until the match-
ing files on the hard disk have been deleted.
8 When the removal process finishes, the message window
displays
REMOVE COMPLETE
. Press the Menu key to return to
the Remove Option selection.
9 Press the Online/Offline key to prepare the printer for receiv-
ing data from the host.
Formatting a Disk
Use the Format Disk selection to perform a DOS format of a 3.5" 1.44
MB disk. You may also use this selection to format the printer hard
disk although doing so erases all contents of the disk.
1 Use the control panel to go to the Disk Operations submenu.
Before formatting a disk, the printer should be on and idle.
2 Pull the control panel assembly away from the front of the
printer.
The floppy disk is located inside the printer. (See the illustration in
“Installing Optional Fonts and Emulations,” earlier in this chapter.)
3 Press the Select key; then press the Next key until
FORMAT
DISK
displays on the bottom line of the message window.
4 Press the Select key again; then press the Next key or Previ-
ous key until the address of the disk to be formatted displays
on the bottom line of the message window.
(The floppy is FLP0, the internal hard disk is DSK6, and the exter-
nal hard disks are DSK0 - DSK5).
5 Press the Select key. The message
ARE YOU SURE?
dis-
plays. If you are sure you want to format the disk, press the
Select key again.
The message window displays
FORMATTING
.
If you decide that you do not want to format the selected disk,
press the Menu key. This takes you back to step 3, where you