Canon PowerShot A 640 User Manual page 64

Formatting Memory Cards
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You should always format a new memory card or one from which
you wish to erase all images and other data.
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(Set up) Menu
~
[Format]_
See Menus and Settings (p. 19).
Select [OK] and press
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• To perform a low level format, use the
... button to select [Low Level
Format] and the .. or .. button to
add a check mark.
• You can stop formatting a card when
[Low Level Format] is selected by
pressing the FUNC./SET button. You can still use a card
without problem when formatting is halted, but its data will
be erased.
• be operated in mode.
• Low Level Format
We recommend you select [Low Level Format] when you
think that the recording/reading speed of a memory card
has dropped. A low level format may require 2 to 3 minutes
with some memory cards.
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