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Delete simply marks the storage blocks as available for writing over existing data. Let me clarify this: the difference between delete and format. Am I misunderstanding what you are saying? Thanks!
#All in one card reader and writer damaged full
Then, next time you go out to shoot, you just get a new card or one that is not full yet. So without any further format of a used card, you only use the card until it is full (or nearly) and then just put the card into storage. Thinkinginimages, I recall recently reading a similar comment (bolded above), not necessarily by you. It's pretty dull stuff unless you're into MTBF (mean time between failures) and CRC (cycle redundacy check) theories and FAT32/EXFat. If I went too simple, I'll be happy to get all "geeky".
It's not a place to cut corners and there's still quite a few "fakes" floating around. The trick is to not get a counterfeit card. On still cameras they seem to last longer.Ī second point is if you format a card, you wipe out an chance of data recovery.Īs for "who makes the best cards", I go with the big brands. On a camera I shot a mostly video with an SD card could get a little flaky in a year, give or take. Shooting video puts a lot of stress on a card.
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(Don't format cards in a computer.)Ī more important way to think of the lifespan of a card is how you use it. You can launch the built in utilities to check the cards status. When the card is in a computer most OS's will check the card, as if it's drive. I'm aware that opinion is going to kick up a lot of dust and tech theory. If the card is starting to go the camera alert you or your computer will alert you. Unless there's a reason to format, there's no reason to format a card more than once. I also don't want this to get needlessly "geeky". Welcome Wanda! I'm not sure there's a solid answer. Wondering how much life I can expect from them, and whether I should choose a particular one or type going forward. I have 3 cards of different type/capacity. About how many times are you able to reformat and reuse the same SD card before it's done for good? Based on your experience, does the maker and type/level of card factor into lifespan as well?