Memcard

Starts the Memcard program, which configures and maintains a memory
card.

The memcard command can be used two ways. If you type only memcard
at the command prompt, you can use a series of menus to partition,
format, erase, and check a memory card. If you use switches with the
memcard command directly from the command prompt, you can format
memory cards and check Flash memory cards for errors.

Syntax

memcard

memcard /fmt=drive: [/v=label]

memcard /chk=drive: [/f]

Parameters

drive:

Specifies the drive you want to format.

label

Specifies the volume label.

Switches

/fmt=

Formats the memory card partition
associated with the specified drive.

, /v=

Specifies a volume name for the newly formatted memory
card.

, /chk=

Checks the specified Flash memory card partition for
errors and displays a status report. If no drive is specified, memcard
will check the current drive.

, /f

Fixes errors found on a Flash memory card. If this switch
is not specified, the errors are displayed, but not fixed.

Note

Using Memcard menu options

You can use the Memcard program to configure and maintain your memory
card. When you use the memcard command without any switches,
the Memcard menu appears. You can use the menu to do the following:

Create and format a new partition

Format an existing partition

Delete a partition

Display partition information

Erase an entire memory card

Check for and fix errors on a Flash memory card

Select a different memory card slot

Checking memory cards for errors

You can check a Flash memory card for errors by using the /chk
switch with the memcard command at the command prompt, or by
using the Memcard program.

The memcard command can check for errors only on Flash memory
cards. If you do not have a Flash memory card, you must check for
errors by using the MS-DOS chkdsk command instead.

Formatting memory cards

If you have a Flash memory card, you can format partitions by using
either the /fmt switch with the memcard command at the
command prompt, or by using the Memcard program.

If you do not have a Flash memory card, you can format a partition
by using the MS-DOS format command.

Examples

To start the Memcard program, type the following at the command prompt:

memcard

If you prefer to type commands at the command prompt, you can format
an entire memory card assigned to drive D and specify the volume label
CARD1 by typing the following at the command prompt:

memcard /fmt=d: /v=card1

To check partition E for errors, fix any errors that are found, and
display the status of the partition, type the following command:

memcard /chk=e: /f