Olympus DS-5500 Instructions Manual page 45

Notes
• The time required to format the memory varies
according to the capacity of the memory to be
formatted.
Do not interrupt the formatting process with the
following actions. Doing so may damage the data
or the card.
- Remove the battery.
- Remove the card.
• Formatting the memory will erase all the stored
data including locked files.
• When an unformatted card is inserted, the format
menu will be displayed automatically.
• Locked SD cards cannot be initialized.
• Memory cards will be formatted using quick
format. Formatting the card will reset the
information in file management, but the data
inside the card may not be deleted completely. Be
careful of data leakage when disposing or handing
of the card. We recommend that you physically
destroy the card when disposing of it.
Formatting the memory
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