Acorn Communicator Filestore Manager's Guide

doing this now will help prevent problems in future while introducing you to
some of FileStore's facilities.
To make copies, you first have to prepare the blank floppy discs for use, by
`formatting' them as follows.
Formatting discs
To format a disc:
1. Make sure FileStore is switched off.
2. Open the access flap.
3. Turn FileStore on (this puts FileStore into its maintenance mode).
4. Insert a blank floppy disc in the lefthand drive. Make sure that it is
blank, ie does not contain information that you want to keep! (If it is
not blank, there should be handwriting on its label indicating what is on
it).
5. On a Communicator connected to the Econet, select the main menu
(for example by pressing I STOP I ) then press LOGON.
6. Type:
SYST
In reply to the prompt:
User name :
and I I in reply to the prompt:
Password :
(This logs you on to FileStore in maintenance mode. SYST is the
FileStore maintenance id, which you will change later, to prevent
unauthorised access.)
7. Select BASIC, then type
*FORMAT 4 Library-disc I ‹--J
Library-disc is the title that you are giving the disc. 4 tells FileStore
which drive the disc is in.
8. If you are near the FileStore, you should see the lefthand disc's activity
light come on and hear it working.
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