To format a memory card, To format the internal hard disk, Allocation of logical drives – 360 Systems DigiCart/EX User Manual

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To Format a Memory Card:

• Select Format Disk from the Utility menu and press

ENTER

.

• The display will prompt to select a drive for formatting, INTERNAL MEMORY CARD or

INTERNAL HARD DRIVE. Select INTERNAL MEMORY CARD and press

ENTER

.

• The memory card will be checked to see if it is already formatted for use with DigiCarts.

Press

ENTER

to erase all data on the card and format it for DigiCart. You will be prompted to

confirm the format operation. Press

ENTER

(yes) to confirm the operation, then

EXIT

(no) to

confirm that you do not want to cancel the operation. (Pressing the opposite key at either
prompt cancels the operation.)

DigiCart/EX will exit the Utility menu when formatting is complete.
Should the card fail to initialize correctly, an error is displayed. Remove and reinsert the
memory card. If this does not correct the problem, the memory card may be incompatible or
faulty, or the card reader may require service.
NOTE: A memory card formatted for use with DigiCart/EX will not work in a PC and vice versa.

To Format the Internal Hard Disk:

• Select Format Disk from the Utility menu and press

ENTER

.

• The display will prompt to select a drive for formatting, MEMORY CARD or INTERNAL.

Select INTERNAL and press

ENTER

.

• You will be prompted for the number of equally sized logical drive partitions to create on the

disk. Press

ENTER

to erase all data on the disk and format it for DigiCart. You will be

prompted to confirm the format operation. Press

ENTER

(yes) to confirm the operation, then

EXIT

(no) to confirm that you do not want to cancel the operation. (Pressing the opposite key

at either prompt cancels the operation.)

DigiCart/EX will exit the Utility menu when formatting is complete.

Allocation of Logical Drives

DigiCart/EX has a flexible drive arrangement that allows a mix of internal drive partitions and
network drives. Drive 0 always refers to the Removable Media Drive (the Memory Card Reader
in DigiCart/EX). There is one internal physical hard disk that is factory formatted as Drive 1.
However, this internal disk can be re-formatted to create up to five logical drives of equal size.
This may allow the user more flexibility in organizing large libraries. Partitioning divides the
physical hard disk space equally from two to five drives (1/n). Partitions are assigned drive numbers
1 though 5, depending upon how many are created. These drive numbers are used in the file ID
scheme in the same way as the original drive 0 and 1. Partitioning is destructive, all data on the
hard disk, in all existing partitions, will be lost during this process.
A logical drive created by this partition process may be formatted, erased, named, etc. in the same
manner as the original drive, without affecting other partitions.
Additionally, up to four Network Drives may be associated (mapped) to the DigiCart/EX. See
page 102.

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