Advanced techniques
TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual
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4
Press
ENTER
.
It is most important
that the power to
the DP-01 is not turned off when
the disk is being formatted. If this
happens, the unit may become
unusable.
A message reminds you that all songs will be lost.
5
Press
ENTER
again to format the disk with the new partition sizes (or
EXIT
to escape without formatting).
Formatting a partition (Reform)
You cannot undo
this operation—all
data on the selected partition will be
lost. ONLY CARRY OUT THIS
OPERATION IF YOU ARE SURE
THIS IS WHAT YOU REALLY
WANT TO DO.
If you want to keep partition sizes the same, or you only wish to
clean out one partition of the hard disk, this is the way to do it.
1
Press
MENU
and select the
DISK
menu.
2
Select the
REFORM
action and press the
key
An arrow (
←
) shows the active partition. The sizes of the partitions
are shown (not the available space).
3
Select the partition to be re-formatted (shown by the cursor) and
press
ENTER
.
A popup message reminds you that all data on the partition will be
lost.
4
Press
ENTER
to reformat the partition.
Formatting the FAT partition
You cannot undo
this operation—all
data on the FAT partition will be
lost. ONLY CARRY OUT THIS
OPERATION IF YOU ARE SURE
THIS IS WHAT YOU REALLY
WANT TO DO.
The FAT partition is used for transfer between the DP-01 and a per-
sonal computer. Its size is fixed by the DP-01, and cannot be
changed.
1
Press
MENU
and select the
DISK
menu.
2
Select the
FAT REFORM
action and press the
key
3
Press
ENTER
.
A popup message reminds you that all data on the FAT partition will
be lost.
4
Press
ENTER
to reformat the FAT partition.
Automatic song creation
After formatting a disk or a partition, a new song is always created
on any blank partition, in the same way that one is created if the only
song on a partition is erased. You always have a song available to
work with.
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