the id photo disk that is inserted into your digital disk camera is a magneto-optic cartridge with a storage capacity of 730 megabytes. be sure to insert the id photo disk into the digital disk camera before using the digital disk camera. in this manual the id photo disk is referred to as “disk” for brevity.
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if “ reformat?” appears
the disk has not yet been formatted, so to be able to use the disk with your digital disk camera, you will need to first format it with the digital disk camera. if an unformatted disk or disk whose formatting has become corrupt is inserted into the digital disk camera, regardless of the position of the mode selector dial, “reformat?” will appear (see page 156) and the disk mark and “----“ will appear flashing in the mode display panel. if this occurs, perform the operations given below.
be aware that if the disk is reformatted, all the data currently stored on the disk will be erased.
2 press the set button.
?1 formatting starts.
?2 during formatting, "formatting"?appears.
?3 do not turn off the digital disk camera while it is formatting a disk.
?4 a full format requires approximately 20 minutes.
?5 to cancel formatting, press the mode button. (to cancel the full formatting process, press the mode button after the status bar appears.) if you cancel the format, be sure to properly format the disk later.
?6 when "formatting"?disappears and you return to the normal operation screen, formatting has been completed successfully.
?7 if formatting cannot be completed properly for a disk, the disk may be damaged. replace the disk with a new one.
a newly purchased disk may display the quick format screen or the full format screen depending on how they were formatted before packaging. this is not a malfunction.
reformatting a disk
when a disk is used for the first time, “reformat?” appears (see page 156) and you automatically start the formatting process. however, depending on the condition of the disk, this message may not appear. to format the disk in such a case, follow the procedure given below.
also, even for disks that have been formatted with the digital disk camera before, data may become corrupt or the disk may become reformatted by a computer making the disk unusable with the digital disk camera. if this happens, formatting the disk with the digital disk camera may make the disk usable again.
there are two types of formatting available with your digital disk camera.
quick format: for quickly erasing all the data on the disk.
full format: before capturing important images, to ensure that images are captured properly, it is recommended to perform a full format beforehand.
be aware that if the disk is reformatted, all the data currently stored on the disk, even protect data (see page 152), will be erased.
3 press the set button.
?the format confirmation screen appears.
?1 formatting starts.
?2 during formatting, "formatting"?appears.
?3 do not turn off the digital disk camera while it is formatting a disk.
?4 a full format requires approximately 20 minutes.
?5 to cancel formatting, press the mode button. (to cancel the full formatting process, press the mode button after the status bar appears.) if you cancel the format, be sure to properly format the disk later.
?6 when formatting is completed, you return to the disk tools screen.
help
?format was not completed properly. press the set button and try again.