Formatting a disk volume – Grass Valley PDR v.2.2 User Manual

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Chapter 5

Using the Profile Disk Utility

172

Profile Family

Formatting a Disk Volume

Formatting disks organizes them so the Profile system can write data to and
read data from them in an orderly way. All media disks come preformatted from
the factory.

>>> WARNING: Formatting disks removes all media and other data from the

disks. Format disks only when absolutely necessary.

To format a disk:

1. Select the desired physical volume with the tab.

2. Select the desired disks.

3. Choose

Disk Utilities | Format Disk(s)

or click

Format

. The Format Disk(s)

dialog box appears. If disks are non-Seagate, you can select a block size.

4. Click

Format

on the dialog box to continue formatting the disks.

Figure 94. Format Disk(s) dialog box

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