While the file delete doesn't take place until after an individual file has been copied, you can still lose, big time, if there's a problem updating the directory. In any case, it's faster (as well as safer) to clear out the card by re-formatting it, rather than deleting files.
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 08:12:29AM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: > Shel, > > Windows doesn't remove the originals until the copy is successful. That > said, I always used copy rather than cut to be on the safe side. > > -Adam > > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > >That strikes me as courting disaster. Should there be a problem when > >xfering the files, you may have lost the originals. > > > >Shel > > > > > > > > > > > >>[Original Message] > >>From: Don Williams > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>Same here -- and I choose 'Cut' not 'Copy' when transferring. When > >>they've been 'Pasted' to the hard drive there's nothing left on the > >>card. May be dangerous I suppose but so far I haven't had an accident. > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Dr E D F Williams > >>www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ > >>personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ > >>41660 TOIVAKKA ? Finland - +358400706616 > >> > >> > > > > > >
