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6.12 Erase Blocks
‘Erase Blocks’ dialog box is invoked by [D
evice->Erase FLASH blocks] or the Toolbar Erase Blocks.
The ‘Erase Blocks’ dialog box allows the user to specify which blocks to erase. The Written column indicates
whether data exists in the block.
Figure 6-16 Erase Blocks
Select All
Clicking on ‘Select A
ll’ will select all the blocks of the device FLASH memory.
Select Written
Clicking on ‘Select W
ritten’ will select only those blocks that are not empty.
Erase
Clicking on ‘E
rase’ will erase the data in the selected blocks and removes the ‘Erase Block’ dialog box.
Cancel
Clicking on ‘Cancel’ removes the ‘Erase Blocks’ dialog box without performing an erase operation.
Note Whilst blocks that contain no data need not be erased, FDT will erase all the specified blocks.