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**                    User's Manual for the Formatter                 **
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**                      SCSI MO DISK Formatter                        **
**                             for DOS                                **
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**                    FJFDISK.EXE    Version 3.01                     **
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**                                        (Revised: January 25, 1999) **
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     All Rights Reserved, Copyright (C) FUJITSU LIMITED 1995-1999


Table of Contents
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1. Preface

2. Operating environment
  2.1  Operating environment (hardware)
  2.2  Operating environment (software)

3. Operating the MO formatter
  3.1  When selecting "Logical formatting"
  3.2  When selecting "Low Level Formatting"

4.Trademarks


1.Preface
=========
 Thank you for purchasing Fujitsu's magneto-optical (MO) disk drive.
This program allows you to easily perform physical or logical formatting 
on your MO disks in DOS environment.
 This formatter allows you to easily perform physical or logical formatting
on your MO disks using menu screens in MS-DOS.

This Formatter support MO drives shown below.
    FUJITSU M251*
    FUJITSU MC*3***SS
    FUJITSU MD*3***SS

[Note]
Physical formatting and Low Level formatting is the same meaning.


2. Operating enviroment
=======================
2.1  Operating environment (hardware)
-------------------------------------
The following hardware is necessary for the operation of this formatter:

(1) IBM PC/AT or compatible
(2) SCSI board
(3) Fujitsu SCSI interface MO drive


2.2  Operating environment (software)
-------------------------------------
The following software is necessary for the operation of this formatter:
(1) MS-DOS version 6 or later
(2) Fujitsu MO drive device driver MODISK2.SYS


3. Operating the MO formatter
=============================
Execute "FJFDISK.EXE" to start the formatter.
the following initial screen is displayed:

    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    |           Magneto-optical Disk Formatter  VerX.XX            |
    | All Rights Reserved. Copyright(C) FUJITSU LIMITED 199X-199X  |
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    |                  Select a Drive Unit                         |
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    |  Unit ID 1  : FUJITSU MCD3130SS                        D:    |
    |  Unit ID 2  : FUJITSU M2513A                           E:    |
    |  End                                                         |
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+

Move the cursor on the screen and select the drive to be formatted.
(Select "End" to terminate the program.)

Once a drive is selected, the format selection screen is displayed.

               +--------------------------------------+
               | Select the Format Type to Make.      |
               | The mark * shows the existing format.|
               +--------------------------------------|
               |          S Super Floppy              |
               |          A AT HDD type               |
               |                                      |
               |          1 Low Level Formatting      |
               |          2 Drive Select Menu         |
               +--------------------------------------+


3.1  When selecting "Logical formatting"
----------------------------------------
Selecting "S Super Floppy"or"A AT HDD type" displays the following message
 at the center of the screen.

          +----------------------------------------------+
          |           About to format disk in drive      |
          +----------------------------------------------+
          |                   Execute                    |
          |                    Abort                     |
          +----------------------------------------------+ 

Select "Execute" to start logical formatting on the disk

        +---------------------------------------------------------+
        |Input the volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none.)? |
        |                  [           ]                          |
        +---------------------------------------------------------+

Enter the volume label.
 (Or simply press [Enter] to set NO NAME as the volume label.)


While the formatting is in progress, the following message is displayed at 
the center of the screen.

                    +-------------------+
                    |Formatting Now     |
                    |*******            |
                    +-------------------+

After formatting is complete, the following message is displayed.
The following message is displayed and the formatting ends.

                 +-----------------------+
                 | Format was successful!|
                 | Push any key.         |
                 +-----------------------+


3.2 When selecting "Low Level Formatting"
-----------------------------------------
Selecting "Low Level Formatting" displays the following screen:

       +---------------------------------------------+
       | About to low level format disk in drive.    |
       |  All the existing data on disk will be lost.|
       |  This will take 8 to 12 minutes.            |
       +---------------------------------------------+
       |                 Execute                     |
       |                  Abort                      |
       +---------------------------------------------+

Select "Execute" to start physical formatting. 
The following message is displayed:
              +----------------------------+
              | Low Level Formatting Now   |
              | Start time: XX:XX:XX       |
              | Now Time:   XX:XX:XX       |
              +----------------------------+

After physical formatting is complete, the following message is displayed:

             +---------------------------------+
             | Low level format was successful!|
             | Push any key                    |
             +---------------------------------+

The physically formatted disk must be logically formatted before it can 
be used.


4. Trademarks
=============
No part of this package may be reproduced in any form or by any means.
MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Other company names and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks
of their respective companies.
