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Problems with CompaqFlash card
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<blockquote data-quote="Peakoverload" data-source="post: 701926" data-attributes="member: 27271"><p>Why do you need to delete the images of the card when it's attached to a computer?</p><p></p><p>Cameras use the FAT32 format for their memory cards, when you delete the photos, OSX is doing something to the files that simply means that it's no longer 100% FAT32 in the way that a camera can access.</p><p></p><p>I've never once formatted a card in a computer for two reasons.</p><p></p><p>1) You run the risk of this kind of error. I've seen everything from people formatting cards as NTFS and HFS+ and then complaining their card is dead when they put it in their camera, to formatting the card on their computer and then in their camera 'just to make sure'.</p><p></p><p>2) If your camera can write the file allocation table to the card it can certainly write images to it. This is a sure fire way to know if you can actually take photos before it's too late. As soon as I slap a card in I format in the camera, any errors the card gets tossed to the bottom of the bag and I grab another card that works. This way I never miss a shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peakoverload, post: 701926, member: 27271"] Why do you need to delete the images of the card when it's attached to a computer? Cameras use the FAT32 format for their memory cards, when you delete the photos, OSX is doing something to the files that simply means that it's no longer 100% FAT32 in the way that a camera can access. I've never once formatted a card in a computer for two reasons. 1) You run the risk of this kind of error. I've seen everything from people formatting cards as NTFS and HFS+ and then complaining their card is dead when they put it in their camera, to formatting the card on their computer and then in their camera 'just to make sure'. 2) If your camera can write the file allocation table to the card it can certainly write images to it. This is a sure fire way to know if you can actually take photos before it's too late. As soon as I slap a card in I format in the camera, any errors the card gets tossed to the bottom of the bag and I grab another card that works. This way I never miss a shot. [/QUOTE]
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