Re: Reformatting the XD picture card

Dudley Hanks wrote:
"John McWilliams" <jpmcw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:V-OdnSo8xLjh3JPUnZ2dnUVZ_ojinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dudley Hanks wrote:
"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
It won't hurt anything. And, if you selectively delete some pics while leaving others on the card, one should clean up fragmentation by copying everything off and either deleting all or formatting.

But, I'm not aware of any benefit to formatting over simply deleting all the files. Of course, I'm not an expert in the field, so someone else might be able to clear that up a bit...
There's one killer benefit for me: Reformatting is way faster than deleting all, and that's been true ever since cards hit all of 515 MB, at least on my Canons.

Yeah, there is that aspect... Especially with the slower cards...

I find that deleting on the camera is a lot faster than using the computer to delete pics after downloading. But, YMMV ....

Duds-

I was referring to using the camera's "Reformat" or "Format" command; much faster, much safer than Deleting All. I never format on computer; always on camera.

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john mcwilliams
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