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TASCAM 2488MKII 85
11 − Backup and restoration
Backing up
If you do not understand the 2488MKII’s disk arrangement,
you should read “Hard disk and partitions” on page 13.
Backup to a computer connected via USB is a two-stage
process. The first stage is copying the song data from a
TASCAM partition to the FAT partition, and the second
stage is copying it from the FAT partition to the computer.
To backup:
1 With the transport stopped, press the
MENU key.
Note that you do not have to connect the 2488MKII
to the computer at this stage.
From the DATA BACKUP menu, select USB
BACKUP. The screen shows a list of songs on the
current partition, and their size.
2 Note the size of the free space available on the
FAT partition, and select a song which will fit
onto that partition.
3 Press
YES/ENTER when you’ve selected the song.
The HD indicator flashes as the song data is copied.
The song files in the FAT partition will appear as
“8.3” filenames, rather than with the 12-character
internal names. The “real” longer names are stored
as a part of the song.
If the data for a single song exceeds 4 GB, the song
file backup is split into 2 parts. Make sure these
files are kept together.
4 When the copy is finished, attach the 2488MKII to
your computer using a USB 2.0 cable.
5 Select the DISK option and press
YES/ENTER and
then select the USB OPEN/CLOSE option and press
YES/ENTER (see “Opening the USB connection” on
page 77). The 2488MKII will appear as a remov-
able disk on your computer system.
6 Drag and drop the song file from the 2488MKII
to your computer’s disk. You can then archive it,
burn a backup CD-R, etc. Note that you should not
rename it at all—when you come to restore it, the
2488MKII needs the filename in its original state as
it came from the 2488MKII.
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7 Disconnect the 2488MKII and the computer (see
“Closing the USB connection” on page 77).
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If you repeat this process many times, you may find that
the FAT partition fills up. You can manage the files on
the FAT partition from your computer, as well as erasing
the FAT partitions’s contents from the 2488MKII.