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Using Instrument and Disk Storage
Formatting a Disk
Formatting a Disk
Description
Disks can be formatted in an IBM compatible PC or the OmniBER 720. It is
recommended that you use the OmniBER 720 to format your disk as this will ensure
full compatibility with the Floppy Disk power fail recovery included in the
OmniBER 720.
N O T E
Only 1.44M, MS-DOS compatible disks can be used in the OmniBER 720. Any other
format or capacity will result in a disk access error being displayed.
HOW TO:
1
Press
, then select FLOPPY DISK.
2
Choose DISK OPERATION
.
3
Insert the disk into the Disk drive.
4
Choose
to Format the disk.
A warning that this operation will erase all data is displayed and asks “do you
wish to continue”.
If YES is selected, all the data on the Disk will be erased and the disk will be
formatted.
If NO is selected, the operation is aborted. This allows you to view the data on
the Disk and verify that it is no longer needed.
OTHER
DISK FORMAT
OK
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