Recording/reproduction apparatus having a medium, information processing system including the same apparatus, and method of initializing a medium in the apparatus

摘要

A recording/reproduction apparatus includes a magnetic disk. An information apparatus sets an instruction to initialize the magnetic disk and transmits the set instruction to the recording/reproduction apparatus through a network. The recording/reproduction apparatus receives the instruction from the information apparatus through the network and initializes the recording medium in accordance with the instruction. Thus, a user can finely initializes the recording medium of the recording/reproduction apparatus from remote locations.