Low Level Memory Card Formatting - Canon PowerShot SD960 IS User Manual

Low Level Memory Card Formatting
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,
Perform low level formatting when you think that the recording/reading
speed of a memory card has
dropped~
Low level formatting a memory card
completely erases all data on the memory card. As you cannot retrieve the
erased data, exercise adequate caution before low level formatting the
memory card.
Display the menu.
Press the
MENU
button.
Select [Format].
Press the
~ ~
buttons to select the
1'1
tab.
Press the ........ buttons or turn the
@
dial
to select [Format], then press the
®
button.
Perform the low level format.
Press the ........ buttons or turn the
@
dial
to select [Low Level Format], then use the
~ ~
buttons to display " .
Press the ........
~ ~
buttons or turn the
@
dial to select [OK], then press the
@
button.
Low level formatting starts.
@
About low level formatting
When the [Memory card error] message appears, or when the camera does not
work correctly, low level formatting the memory card may solve the problem.
Copy the images from the memory card to a computer or other device before low
level formatting
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• Low level formatting may take longer than standard formatting (p. 22),
since all. recorded data are.erased.
• You
can
Slop a low level format of a memory card by selecting [Stop].
When stopping low leilel for:matting, the data will
bEl
erased but the
memory card
min
be used without problem."