Reformatting the fat partition, Initializing sd cards, 10 – sd card management – Tascam DP-008 User Manual

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TASCAM DP-008

Reformatting the FAT

partition

You can also reformat just the FAT partition.

The size of the FAT partition cannot be

changed.

CAUTION

You cannot undo this operation! All data

on the FAT partition will be erased, so be

certain that you will not lose anything

important when reformatting.

1 When the recorder is stopped, press the

key to open the

screen.

2 Turn the

DATA

wheel to select

CARD

, and

press the

(¥) key to open the

CARD

menu screen.

3 Turn the

DATA

wheel to select

FAT

REFORMAT

, and press the

(¥) key.

A pop-up message warning that all data on

the FAT partition will be erased appears.

4 Press the

F3 (

YES

)

key to reformat the

FAT partition.

When reformatting finishes the

•

CARD

screen reopens.
To cancel reformatting, press the

•

F4 (

)

key.

Initializing SD cards

If you want to use an SD card that was

used with this unit, we recommend that you

initialize it.
When you initialize an SD card, the entire card

is formatted as FAT32.
1 When the recorder is stopped, press the

key to open the

screen.

2 Turn the

DATA

wheel to select

CARD

, and

press the

(¥) key to open the

CARD

menu screen.

3 Turn the

DATA

wheel to select the

INITIALIZE

item and press the

(¥)

key.

A pop-up message warning that all data on

the card will be erased appears.

4 Press the

F3 (

YES

)

key to initialize the

entire card and format it as FAT32.

To cancel initialization, press the

•

F4 (

)

key.

NOTE

After initializing an SD card, it is necessary

to format it if you want to use it with the

DP-008 again. (See “Formatting SD cards”

on page 33).

10 – SD Card Management