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FORMATTING A CARD
3 Select the desired format option, and press the SET button.
h A confirmation screen appears.
4 Select “YES”, and press the SET button.
h Formatting begins.
h During formatting, “FORMATTING” and “DO NOT POWER OFF” are
shown on the LCD monitor.
CAUTION
Caution during formatting
iDo not turn off the power to the camera or eject the card during formatting.
Formatting erases the data
iWhen a card is formatted, all data recorded on the card is erased.
Protected data (page 79) is also erased, so before formatting a card, any
data you want to keep should be copied to your personal computer’s hard
disk or other storage medium.
Caution regarding disposing/transferring the card (recovering data from
a reformatted card)
iIf a card is reformatted or the data is erased from the card using the
camera or a computer, the card’s control data may be merely modified and
the data itself may not be completely erased from the card.
iIn some cases it may be possible to recover the data from a reformatted
card using special software for that purpose. However, if the camera is
used to execute a full format, it will be impossible to recover the data even
by the use of data recovery software.
iIf you are disposing of a card, it is recommended that you physically
destroy it. If you are transferring the card to someone else to use, it is
recommended that you use the camera’s full format function to reformat
the card, or use commercially available software for erasing card data.
Managing data is the responsibility of the user.
HINT
To cancel formatting
iIn step 4, select “NO”, and press the SET button.