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<blockquote data-quote="naja" data-source="post: 794916" data-attributes="member: 3478">When you have uploaded your images from card (CF, SD or whatever) to you computer and separate storage what do you do with it?Firstly I do hope you all store your images in more than one place. Personally I store on my computer, and also on two external drives. That way even if two of the drives go down I still have the images an the third. It is belt and braces maybe, but if you have ever lost images than you can never retake (a wedding for example) you will realise how important it is.Secondly do you then delete the images and use the card again? May I suggest this is not the best thing to do?When you delete the images you just remove a tag on that part of the disk that prevent it being written over, the images are actually still there. They can cause problems when your camera tries to overwrite them.I believe it is much better to FORMAT the card in the respective camera. THis clears the old images and sets the card up as a virtually new card. It reduces the risk of card failure by a huge margin, and take now more time at all really.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="naja, post: 794916, member: 3478"] When you have uploaded your images from card (CF, SD or whatever) to you computer and separate storage what do you do with it? Firstly I do hope you all store your images in more than one place. Personally I store on my computer, and also on two external drives. That way even if two of the drives go down I still have the images an the third. It is belt and braces maybe, but if you have ever lost images than you can never retake (a wedding for example) you will realise how important it is. Secondly do you then delete the images and use the card again? May I suggest this is not the best thing to do? When you delete the images you just remove a tag on that part of the disk that prevent it being written over, the images are actually still there. They can cause problems when your camera tries to overwrite them. I believe it is much better to FORMAT the card in the respective camera. THis clears the old images and sets the card up as a virtually new card. It reduces the risk of card failure by a huge margin, and take now more time at all really. [/QUOTE]

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