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10 – SD Card Management
Reformatting the FAT
partition
You can also reformat just the FAT partition.
The size of the FAT partition cannot be
changed.
CAUTION
You cannot undo this operation! All data
on the FAT partition will be erased, so be
certain that you will not lose anything
important when reformatting.
1 When the recorder is stopped, press the
key to open the
MENU
2 Turn the
wheel to select
DATA
press the
(¥) key to open the
F4
menu screen.
3 Turn the
wheel to select
DATA
, and press the
REFORMAT
A pop-up message warning that all data on
the FAT partition will be erased appears.
4 Press the
key to reformat the
F3 (
)
YES
FAT partition.
When reformatting finishes the
•
screen reopens.
To cancel reformatting, press the
•
key.
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screen.
MENU
, and
CARD
CARD
FAT
(¥) key.
F4
menu
CARD
F4 (
)
NO
Initializing SD cards
If you want to use an SD card that was
used with this unit, we recommend that you
initialize it.
When you initialize an SD card, the entire card
is formatted as FAT32.
1 When the recorder is stopped, press the
key to open the
MENU
2 Turn the
wheel to select
DATA
press the
(¥) key to open the
F4
menu screen.
3 Turn the
wheel to select the
DATA
item and press the
INITIALIZE
key.
A pop-up message warning that all data on
the card will be erased appears.
4 Press the
key to initialize the
F3 (
)
YES
entire card and format it as FAT32.
To cancel initialization, press the
•
key.
NOTE
After initializing an SD card, it is necessary
to format it if you want to use it with the
DP-008 again. (See "Formatting SD cards"
on page 33).
screen.
MENU
, and
CARD
CARD
SD
(¥)
F4
F4 (
)
NO
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