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Memory stick tool, Format create rec. folder – Sony DSC-S40 User Manual

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Memory Stick Tool

This item appears only when a “Memory Stick” is inserted in the camera.
The default settings are marked with

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Formats the “Memory Stick”. A commercially available “Memory Stick” is already formatted,
and can be used immediately.

• Note that formatting irrevocably erases all data on a “Memory Stick”, including even protected images.

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Select [OK] with v on the control button, then press z.
The message “All data in Memory Stick will be erased Ready?” appears.

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Select [OK] with v , then press z.
The format is complete.

Creates a folder in a “Memory Stick” for recording images.

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Select [OK] with v on the control button, then press z.
The folder creation screen appears.

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Select [OK] with v , then press z.
A new folder is created with a number incremented one higher than the largest number, and the
folder becomes the current recording folder.

• For details on the folder, see page 34.
• When not creating a new folder, the “101MSDCF” folder is selected as the recording folder.
• You can create folders designated up to “999MSDCF.”
• Images are recorded in the newly created folder until a different folder is created or selected.
• You cannot delete a folder with the camera. To delete a folder, use your computer, etc.
• Up to 4,000 images can be stored in one folder. When the folder capacity is exceeded, a new folder is

automatically created.

• For more information, see “Image file storage destinations and file names” (page 58).

Format

OK

See the following procedure.

Cancel

Cancels the formatting.

Create REC. Folder

OK

See the following procedure.

Cancel

Cancels folder creation.

Create REC. Folder

Creating REC. folder
102MSDCF

Ready?

OK

Cancel