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Formatting
This function lets you format the internal memory or card. Formatting
prepares cards to receive data.
• To format the internal memory, do not insert the card.
• To format the card, have it inserted.
• Before using non-OLYMPUS cards or cards which have been formatted on a
computer, you must format them with this camera.
All existing data, including protected pictures, are erased when the
card or the internal memory is formatted. Make sure that you save or
transfer important data to a computer before formatting the card or
the internal memory.
Top menu
[MODE MENU]
[MEMORY(CARD)]
[MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT)]
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“How to use the menus” (P. 15)
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Select [YES], and press
Z
.
• The [BUSY] bar is displayed while the
card is formatted.
Note
• Do not do any of the following during formatting as such actions may damage
the card.
Open the battery compartment/card cover, or connect or disconnect the
AC adapter (regardless of whether there is a battery in the camera or not).
CAUTION ERASING ALL
SELECT
GO
OK
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MEMORY FORMAT
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YES
