Before You Start

When the card is formatted or data is erased, only the file management information is changed. The actual data is not completely erased. Be aware of this when selling or discarding the card. When discarding the card, execute low-level formatting or destroy the card physically to prevent the data from being leaked.

The card capacity displayed on the card format screen might be smaller than the capacity indicated on the card.

About Low-level Formatting

When [g] is selected, low-level formatting is possible. If the writing speed to the SD card is slower than usual or if you want to completely erase the data in the SD card, checkmark [Low level format] and format the card.

Press the <L> button.

In step 3 on the preceding page, press the <L> button.

XThe [Low level format] option will be

checkmarked <X>.

With <X> displayed, select [OK] to start the low-level formatting.

Since low-level formatting will erase all recordable sectors in the SD card, the formatting will take longer than normal formatting.

You can stop the low-level formatting by selecting [Cancel]. Even in this case, normal formatting will have been completed and you can use the SD card as usual.

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