Canon S50 manual Formatting a CF Card, Set up menu, select Format Press, 121

Formatting a CF Card

You should format a new CF card or one from which you wish to erase all images and other data.

Please note that formatting (initializing) a CF card erases all data, including protected images and other file types. Please check the contents of the CF card before formatting it.

1 In the [ (Set up)] menu, select [Format]

and press .

See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 36).

2 Select [OK] using B or A on the

multicontroller and press .

To cancel formatting instead, select [Cancel] and press .

• If the camera does not work properly, the inserted CF card may be malfunctioning. Reformatting the CF card may solve the problem.

•When a non-Canon brand CF card is malfunctioning, reformatting it may solve the problem.

•CF cards formatted in another camera, computer or peripheral device may not operate correctly. When that happens, reformat the CF card with this camera.

Replaying, Erasing

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