Ko te whakarite i tētahi kōpae kia pai ai tā te rorohiko pānui i ngā raraunga kei taua kōpae, kia pai ai rānei te rokiroki raraunga ki reira. Ki te kore e tutuki te tukanga takarite i te kōpae, kāore e taea taua kōpae te whakamahi.
The preparation of a disk so that the computer can read the data on it successfully, or so that data can be stored on it. If a disk is not initialised it is unable to be used.
taka - to prepare
rite - to be ready