Issue Formatting SD Card
Mar 16, 2023 09:40:37 #
Mar 16, 2023 10:24:19 #
Dikdik
Loc: Winnipeg, Canada
With a little effort, you can get the stuff. I can easily get the stuff at several stores in Winnipeg... Coffee filters are a great dust free cleaning 'cloth'. Often use them for removing thermal paste from processors when I do a new build.
Mar 16, 2023 11:48:56 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
Thanks for that coffee filter tip. I always have them on hand
Mar 16, 2023 11:56:58 #
Mar 16, 2023 14:44:22 #
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
Where are you getting info that a computer format will work in a camera?
I would never think about doing that.
I would never think about doing that.
You just need to be sure you use the same formatting method in each case. The computer O/S tends to give better messages.
Mar 16, 2023 14:55:50 #
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
I've always format a card in the device that's its going to be used in. I have 2 rebels 77D and T7i and I don't cross cards. Cards are cheap and why take a chance.
EXACTLY !
SD cards are disposable. A CF express-B card would be a different ballgame :-(
Mar 16, 2023 16:59:54 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
I don't cross cards between almost identical cameras, Canon rebels, 77D and T7i.
Mar 17, 2023 00:00:12 #
jerryc41 wrote:
It's not easy to find that. Most bottles contain just 70% isopropyl alcohol.
Lye and 99% alcohol can be found in hardware stores EXCEPT in CA. 99% is used for cleaning in construction.
Mar 17, 2023 01:04:44 #
canonclicker wrote:
Lye and 99% alcohol can be found in hardware stores EXCEPT in CA. 99% is used for cleaning in construction.
Walmart pharamacy dept sells rubbing alcohol of both 70 and 90%. I doubt that using the 99% is any better than 90. And alcohol is hydroscopic so 99 degrades to about 90% soon after its openned.
So, what do the left coast folks use for shellac thinner ? Moonshine ?
Mar 17, 2023 08:47:44 #
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
I don't cross cards between almost identical cameras, Canon rebels, 77D and T7i.
On the few times I had to use a card in more than one camera (because I forgot the extra cards at home) the second camera created a new folder. No issues.
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Mar 17, 2023 08:56:22 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
Bill_de wrote:
On the few times I had to use a card in more than one camera (because I forgot the extra cards at home) the second camera created a new folder. No issues.
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I agree, in an emergency I would swap cards w/o reformatting, losing the images on that card, in a heart beat. I'm sticking to I'll formate any card in the device it's being used for
Mar 17, 2023 09:07:35 #
jerryc41 wrote:
It's not easy to find that. Most bottles contain just 70% isopropyl alcohol.
It's not easy. The best I can find locally is 91%. I used to work in a place where I have access to barrel full of 100% isopropyl.
Mar 17, 2023 09:08:52 #
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
... losing the images on that card, in a heart beat.
You don't lose anything. When you switch cameras a new folder is created.
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Mar 17, 2023 09:25:34 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
Bill_de wrote:
You don't lose anything. When you switch cameras a new folder is created.
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I meant if I reformatted card
Mar 17, 2023 10:12:31 #
User ID wrote:
Replies so far range from just plain common sense to rather typical UHH overthinking. I find the common sense replies more appealing.
A card thaz not trustworthy is useless. Useless stuff goes in the trash.
A card thaz not trustworthy is useless. Useless stuff goes in the trash.
In 25 years I've had one card go bad, and tossed it. One other card would work intermittently. I didn't toss it because it still worked, but not trustworthy. I copied a few thousand MP3's to the card and stuck it in my car's radio SD slot. Been working perfect there for about 10 years. Unlike a camera I didn't care if it crashed and burned, so of course it didn't.
As far as formatting your cards in your computer, that is not a problem as long as you know what format your camera uses. Your camera uses the exact same format that your computer can use, elsewise your PC would not be able to read your camera card. I've never had a camera card be unreadable in my computer due to wrong format and would guess that most modern camera's can read all the DOS/Win formats, but just guessing there.
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