Odd. I format them in the camera before use, but have never bothered to format them on the computer. No trouble.
Rick On Nov 25, 2013, at 1:47 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > 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. -- 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.
