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7 Formatting a card Before formatting the card ● If you are using a Windows 2000/XP, log on with the user name [Administrator], or use a user name with administrator privileges. Otherwise, formatting the card will be impossible. ● To use the card with a digital camera, format the card with the digital camera or with the computer connected to the MAUSB-100 using the provided utility software.* If you do not use the provided utility software when formatting a card with the connected computer, the card may not be recognized by the digital camera. ● It is not possible to format a card or write, move or erase data on a card when the write-protect switch is set to the ON position. Set the write-protect switch to the OFF position and format the card. ● Formatting erases all data in the card. All important data should be copied to a hard disk, etc. beforehand. * See "Using the provided utililty software [xDFormat]" (੬ p. 40) for how to use it. 1. Double-click [My Computer], then right-click on the corresponding [Removable Disk] icon. Select [Format] from the pop-up menu. 2. Select [FAT] under [File system], then click the [Start] button. ● After formatting is complete, the card is ready for use. Note Use only the FAT file system. If [NTFS] or [FAT32] is selected, the card may not be formatted correctly. Example shows a 16MB card 27

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7
Formatting a card
<Me/2000/XP
±
Operation>
Before formatting the card
●
If you are using a Windows 2000/XP, log on with the user name [Administrator], or use a user name with
administrator privileges. Otherwise, formatting the card will be impossible.
●
T
o use the car
d with a digital camera,
f
ormat the car
d with the digital camera or with the computer
connected to the MAUSB-100 using the provided utility software.
*
If you do not use the provided utility
software when f
ormatting a car
d with the connected computer
,
the car
d ma
y not be recogniz
ed b
y the
digital camera.
●
It is not possible to format a card or write, move or erase data on a card when the write-protect switch is set
to the ON position. Set the write-protect switch to the OFF position and format the card.
●
Formatting erases all data in the card. All important data should be copied to a hard disk, etc. beforehand.
*
See “Using the provided utililty software [xDFormat]” (
²
p. 40) for how to use it.
1.
Double-click
[My Computer], then
right-click
on
the corresponding [Removable Disk] icon.
Select [Format] from the pop-up menu.
2.
Select [FAT] under [File system], then click the
[Start] button.
●
After formatting is complete, the card is ready for
use.
Note
Use only the FAT file system.
If [NTFS] or [FAT32] is selected, the card may not
be formatted correctly.
Example shows a 16MB card