I don't know about card testing software, but here's a suggestion. Be sure to hard-format each card in the computer you will be unloading them with. I failed to do that with the new 32G card I got -- I just started using it as it came -- and it crapped out on me, losing me a handful of useful shots. I was so utterly pissed off.
The card showed up okay in the camera but I could not mount it on my Mac no matter what I did. I finally was forced to format it, first in the camera and then again on the Mac. Seems to be working fine now, but I'm still nervous about it of course. I have taken to using the write-on-both-cards K-3 feature for safety. On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:39 PM, John Celio <[email protected]> wrote: > Do any of you know of software for testing memory cards? I'm looking > for something that can really put them through their paces to make > sure they won't fail. > > I've got a pile o' SD memory cards going back to when I got the K10D > in 2006. Most are much newer than that, but I want to test them all > before I go on my Italy trip next spring, and I want to do it now > since there tend to be very good deals on new cards this time of year. > I know that at least one of my cards has had issues in the middle of > shooting before, but I failed to mark which card that was and I don't > want to risk losing photos while abroad. > > Thanks, > John > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
