Lenovo ThinkPad 560E User's Guide for TP 560X - Page 109

Memory Card Utility, Volume Label, Format Drive/Partition, Start, Attention

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Using Advanced Features of Your ThinkPad Stop you reinsert the same PC Card, CardWorks configures the card as if it were the first insertion. Memory Card Utility: This item appears only when you insert the SRAM card or 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 Memory Card Utility tab. 3. Enter a Volume Label (if desired). 4. Click on Format Drive/Partition. 5. Click on Start. This function enables you to completely erase a SRAM/Flash memory card, especially a brand-new card. Make sure to save the data on the card before erasing it. This function stops cards configured as Windows 95 Plug and Play devices. Stop is used by Windows 95 to flush all buffers and make sure no application is using or accessing the card. Attention If you are removing a PC Card, you must use stop. The system may freeze or data may be lost if a PC Card is removed before it is stopped. Note: You can only stop one card at a time. After invoking stop, you cannot stop another card until the first stop has either completed or failed. Chapter 4. Using the Advanced Features of Your ThinkPad 95

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Using Advanced Features of Your ThinkPad
you reinsert the same PC Card, CardWorks
configures the card as if it were the first insertion.
Memory Card Utility:
This item appears only when you insert the SRAM
card or 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
Memory Card Utility
tab.
3.
Enter a
Volume Label
(if desired).
4.
Click on
Format Drive/Partition
.
5.
Click on
Start
.
This function enables you to completely erase a
SRAM/Flash memory card, especially a brand-new
card.
Make sure to save the data on the card
before erasing it.
Stop
This function stops cards configured as Windows 95 Plug and Play
devices.
Stop is used by Windows 95 to flush all buffers and make
sure no application is using or accessing the card.
Attention
If you are removing a PC Card, you must use stop.
The system
may freeze or data may be lost if a PC Card is removed before it
is stopped.
Note:
You can only stop one card at a time.
After invoking stop, you
cannot stop another card until the first stop has either completed or
failed.
Chapter 4.
Using the Advanced Features of Your ThinkPad
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