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"Lloyd Lewellen" <contessa@iowatelecom.net> wrote in message
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> "Frank" <somebody@someplace.net> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 17:37:17 -0600, PJ <me@privacy.net> wrote:
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>>>
>>> Here you have data recovery people telling you to reformat your
>>>card after every use. They know which side their bread is buttered
>>>on. Don't listen to them or you will be listening to them.
>>>
>>> It's like ...... (you fill in the blanks.).
>>>
>>> The golden rule is: "Never format your card".
>>> or
>>> If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
>>>
>>>PJ
>>>
>>
>> This should be filed under "Urban Legends". Please explain what there
>> is in a CF card that can be "broken" by reformatting it?
>>
>> Copy the contents of a card to your computer first chance you get,
>> then reformat the card "IN THE CAMERA" which leaves it ready to go
>> again. The reformat is usually MUCH faster and less prone to error
>> than trying to delete the files - especially deleting files one at a
>> time.
>
> My Fuji FinePix S5100 digital camera will delete either "all frames" or
> a frame at a time.
> Yes, I just purchased my digital. At this point I believe I'll erase
> without formatting. I did not receive a format (or initialize) message
> when I first inserted the card and began taking pictures, so I assumed the
> memory card had already come formatted. Maybe I have already made my
> first mistake by not formatting.
> I have run copies of pictures through my computer, and the pictures
> look fine to me.
>
> Lloyd
>
If the card came in the box with the camera, I am sure that the card was
formatted and ready to use.
The fact that you were able to use the card to take pictures and then
download them to your computer, says that the card was already formatted.
When downloading pictures from the camera, it is best to copy the pictures
instead of move the pictures if you have that option. Delete the pictures
with the camera only and only after seeing them on the computer.
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