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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 is formatted. Make sure that you save or transfer important data
to a computer before formatting the card.
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“How to use the menus” (P. 14)
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Select [YES], and press
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• 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 are batteries in the camera or not).