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Card driver Change card driver Remove from the Plug-and-Play hardware list Memory Card Utility Indicates whether Plug-and-Play mode or CardSoft mode is used in configuring the PC Card. This field is enabled only if the Change card driver box is checked. You should not change drivers if your card has been identified and configured successfully. If this item is enabled (checked), you can select either Plug and Play (if available) or the CardWorks device drivers. If this item is enabled (checked), you can delete the Plug-and-Play device driver assigned to a card. This applies only if the card is handled by Windows 95 (Plug-and-Play mode). Later, when you reinsert the same PC Card, CardWorks configures the card as if it were the first insertion. This item appears only if you insert an SRAM card or a Flash memory card. You can format the SRAM card or Flash memory card as follows: Note: You can also format these card from the file system with the DOS FORMAT command. 1. Open the "PC Card Properties" window. 2. Select the Memory Card Utility tab. 3. Enter a Volume Label (if desired). 4. Click on Format Drive/Partition. 5. Click on Start. This procedure enables you to completely erase an SRAM or a Flash memory card, especially a brand-new card. Make sure to save the data on the card before erasing it. Stopping the PC Card If you are removing a PC Card, you must first stop it. The system might freeze or data might be lost if a PC Card is removed before it is stopped. Note: You can stop only one card at a time. After invoking stop, you cannot stop another card until the first stop has either completed or failed. Chapter 5. Using Your Computer with a PC Card 57

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Card driver
Indicates whether Plug-and-Play mode or CardSoft
mode is used in configuring the PC Card.
This
field is enabled only if the
Change card driver
box is checked.
You should
not
change drivers if
your card has been identified and configured
successfully.
Change card
driver
If this item is enabled (checked), you can select
either Plug and Play (if available) or the
CardWorks device drivers.
Remove from the
Plug-and-Play
hardware list
If this item is enabled (checked), you can delete
the Plug-and-Play device driver assigned to a
card.
This applies only if the card is handled by
Windows 95 (Plug-and-Play mode).
Later, when
you reinsert the same PC Card, CardWorks
configures the card as if it were the first insertion.
Memory Card
Utility
This item appears only if you insert an SRAM card
or a Flash memory card.
You can format the
SRAM card or Flash memory card as follows:
Note:
You can also format these card from the
file system with the DOS FORMAT
command.
1.
Open the “PC Card Properties” window.
2.
Select the
Memory Card Utility
tab.
3.
Enter a
Volume Label
(if desired).
4.
Click on
Format Drive/Partition
.
5.
Click on
Start
.
This procedure enables you to completely erase
an SRAM or a Flash memory card, especially a
brand-new card.
Make sure to save the data on
the card before erasing it.
Stopping the PC Card
If you are removing a PC Card, you must first stop it.
The system
might freeze or data might be lost if a PC Card is removed before it
is stopped.
Note:
You can stop only one card at a time.
After invoking stop,
you cannot stop another card until the first stop has either
completed or failed.
Chapter 5.
Using Your Computer with a PC Card
57