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Nikon DSLR Cameras
D3200
corrupt photos?
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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 442738" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>But there is absolutely no point of clearing the entire card (other than possibly security). OK, it does check for bad sectors and removes them from the disk map (more important for magnetic media than for semiconductor memory cards). But a quick format clears the FAT, which forgets about all files. The file area can be rewritten, and there is no advantage of it being zero before rewriting it. Zeroing all bytes just adds to the writing count (supposedly reducing card lifetime, and certainly increasing the time to do it). It offers no advantage.</p><p></p><p>And it should be formatted in the camera, which adds an extra file or two (the Nikon DCIM, etc), which also gets recreated by just turning the camera on, but the camera knows exactly how the card should be formatted. Users at the computer may or may not know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 442738, member: 12496"] But there is absolutely no point of clearing the entire card (other than possibly security). OK, it does check for bad sectors and removes them from the disk map (more important for magnetic media than for semiconductor memory cards). But a quick format clears the FAT, which forgets about all files. The file area can be rewritten, and there is no advantage of it being zero before rewriting it. Zeroing all bytes just adds to the writing count (supposedly reducing card lifetime, and certainly increasing the time to do it). It offers no advantage. And it should be formatted in the camera, which adds an extra file or two (the Nikon DCIM, etc), which also gets recreated by just turning the camera on, but the camera knows exactly how the card should be formatted. Users at the computer may or may not know. [/QUOTE]
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