Timeline for How often should memory cards be formatted?
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| May 7, 2018 at 13:06 | comment | added | Tetsujin | The logic in this would appear on the surface to be sound; but in fact that a card will format without declaring an error to the user is no guarantee that bad blocks were not marked out in exactly the same way they would be at file write. Only when no further remapping is available will the the error be reported to the user. The upside is of course that you do get one more opportunity for it to report, just before you use it, but I really can’t decide if that is just a placebo. | |
| Feb 23, 2012 at 18:53 | comment | added | Håkon K. Olafsen | I see your point about backup and also catching a failing card, which I hadn't thought of. | |
| Oct 16, 2010 at 20:52 | comment | added | labnut | Agreed. Another reason is to correct file system errors that can creep in over time. | |
| Aug 9, 2010 at 17:07 | vote | accept | spong | ||
| Aug 4, 2010 at 21:22 | comment | added | Joanne C | +1 but not because I think you need to format like that, but because your reasoning for doing so is well thought out. I also agree that once a card starts to fail, toss it. | |
| Aug 4, 2010 at 21:21 | history | edited | chuqui | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Aug 4, 2010 at 21:06 | history | answered | chuqui | CC BY-SA 2.5 |