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About Memory Stick Format

About Memory Stick Formatter

Memory Stick Formatter is special software for formatting memory sticks.Use this software whenever you re-format memory sticks on Windows.

Moreover,you may be able to re-format memory sticks that can not be identified as drive on Windows by using this software.

Memory Stick Formatter supports memory sticks with following capacities:

4MB,8MB,16MB,32MB,64MB

When you format memory sticks with this software,all data in the memory sticks will be lost.If necessary,take the backup data before formatting.


To Start and Exit

To Start

First,make the memory stick you want to format writable,and insert it into your computer.

Next,click the Start button on the task bar.

On the Start Menu,point to Programs>Memory Stick Utilities>Memory Stick Formatter.Memory Stick Formatter starts.

To Exit

Click the Exit button to exit Memory Stick Formatter.


Descriptions for the Screen

Click the sections of the screen to display the description for each of them.

When you check the checkbox of Physical Device Display,the screen changes to the following.


How to Format Memory Stick Drive

Note that after formatting,all data saved in the memory stick will be lost.

1.Make the memory stick you want to format writable,and insert it into your computer.

2.Start Memory Stick Formatter.

3.If you have replaced the memory stick,press the Refresh button to reflect the condition of the drive to the drive list.

4.From the drive list,select a memory stick icon of the drive you want to format.

5.Press the Start Format button.

When the memory stick icon is not selected,you cannot press the button.

6.A message,"Proceed with format?"appears.If you want,press the OK button.If not,press the Cancel button.

7.A message appears when the formatting finished successfully.Click the OK button.

8.Click the Exit button to exit Memory Stick Formatter.

Note:In case the memory stick icon is not displayed,check the Physical Device Display checkbox and try formatting again.


Physical Device Display

When the checkbox of Physical Device Display is unchecked and the memory stick is not recognized,format according to the following procedures.

Note that after formatting,all data saved in the memory stick will be lost.

1.Make the memory stick you want to format writable,and insert it into your computer.

2.Start Memory Stick Formatter and check the checkbox of Physical Device Display.

3.The device currently connected to the computer is shown on the device list.

4.If you have replaced the memory stick,press the Refresh button and reflect the condition of each device to the device list.

5.Select the device that includes the memory stick,and press the Start Format button.

6.When you have selected a memory stick for device,a message,"Proceed with format?"appears.If you want,click OK.If not,click Cancel.

7.A message,"Format was successful"appears when formatting successfully finished.Click OK.

8.A message,"Pull out the memory stick and insert again"appears.

Make sure you do this operation to have Windows identify the memory stick again.

9.Click the Exit button to exit Memory Stick Formatter.


Drive list

Shows the list of detected drives.Select the drive you want to format.


Device list

Shows the list of physical devices connected to your computer.

Select a memory stick drive from the list.


Start Format

Starts formatting the memory stick.


Refresh

Updates the information on the drive list.


Refresh

Updates the information on the device list.


Exit

Exits Memory Stick Formatter.


Help

Displays the online help of Memory Stick Formatter.


Physical Device Display

Switches the display of the screen.

When the checkbox is not checked,a list of logical drives that appear on the operating system is shown.

When the checkbox is checked,a list of physical drives is shown.


Volume Label

Displays the volume label of the drive.


Size

Shows the capacity.


Information

Information about the drive.


Drive

Drive letter assigned to each device.


Partition 1:

Shows the file system of the first partition.


Partition 2:

Shows the file system of the second partition.


Partition 3:

Shows the file system of the third partition.


Partition 4:

Shows the file system of the fourth partition.


Q &A

Q:I cannot format the memory stick.

A:Confirm if the memory stick is write-protected.

If the switch at the backside of the memory stick is shifted to LOCK,you cannot write to the memory stick.

Q:Even if I insert a memory stick into the drive,it is not shown on the drive list.

A:Click the Refresh button.If the drive is not shown even if you have updated the list,check the checkbox of Physical Device Display checkbox,and switch to Physical Device Display.

Q:Even if I set the memory stick in the PC card adapter,Windows will not identify it as drive.

A:You may be able to format the memory stick on the Physical Device Display screen.

In this case,try formatting on the Physical Device Display screen.

Q:How much MB of memory stick does this software support?

A:You can format memory sticks with 4MB,8MB,16MB,32MB and 64MB memories.

Q:I formatted a memory stick using the format function of Windows.

A:It is recommended that you re-format the memory stick using this software.