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Advanced Manual - Viscount
Prestige
7.3 FORMATTING FLOPPY DISKS
If unformatted floppy disks are used, they must be formatted before they can be used with the
Prestige. The system formats the disks in MS-DOS
®
format, so that they can also be used with
personal computers and any other system which adopts this standard.
To proceed with formatting, select the FORMAT option in the DISK menu, and press [ENTER]:
the display will show the video page for entering the label of the disk:
Please enter disk label:
DISK_____
Press ENTER to format or EXIT to abort
To type the Label, use the CURSOR [
] e [
] buttons to move the cursor (shown by the flashing
letter) and the [VALUE] encoder to enter the characters.
As the video page prompts you, then press [ENTER] to start formatting or [EXIT] to abort the
function and return to the DISK menu. During formatting, the display will show:
* * * * * * *
FORMATTING
* * * * * * *
ŠŠŠŠ____________________________________
by means of which the system informs you of the percentage of formatting completed.
7.4 DISPLAYING FLOPPY DISK GENERAL PARAMETERS
The DISK INFO function allows you to show the main characteristics of the floppy disk inserted in
the drive.
To recall this function, select the INFO option and press the [ENTER] button:
DISK LABEL:DISK1____
DISK SIZE:1.44 MB
FREE SPACE: 261 KB
FILES ON DISK: 16
The following parameters are displayed:
o
DISK LABEL:
shows the label of the floppy disk.
o
DISK SIZE:
provides information about the disk’s capacity.
o
FREE SPACE:
indicates the amount of empty space on the disk.
o
FILE ON DISK:
states the number of files currently stored on the floppy disk.
Press the [EXIT] button to return to display of the DISK menu.
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