I can use my pc at work to format as well as long as it would still work on my mac and Treo.
Is there a way to check what the current SD cluster size is on the PC or Treo??? --- Roger Prokic [EMAIL PROTECTED] *NEW* Moderator of Palm_Treo_680 Yahoo group Baltimore, Maryland USA -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- _ ( ) The ASCII ribbon campaign X against HTML e-mail / \ ...... Original Message ....... On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:11:13 -0400 Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >It's not the card that determines the default formatting but the OS that >does it. I'm not sure what the Treo's default is, but XP uses 4k. I >did this with a PC using the command-line format command that looks like: > >> format f: /a:32k > >I would imagine there's a Mac equivalent. > >You can get the 8GB cards from a number of places on-line. I keep an >eye on dealuniversity.com, bensbargains.net and a couple of other >bargain hunting sites and found the 8GB A-DATA card for about $40 after >rebate from newegg.com. > >Roger Prokic wrote: >> >> >> Jason, >> Are all cards defaulted to a 4k size cluster? >> How do you format a card with a different cluster size? >> Do you do this from the palm or on a PC? >> (I have a Mac) >> >> Roger >> >> On Mar 14, 2007, at 1:59 AM, Jason wrote: >> >>> >>> I have a 680 and an 8GB A-DATA "super" card and ran a couple of tests. >>> The first column is with the default formatting and stuff still on the >>> card (not really a fair test). Column 2 is 32k clusters, column 3 >>> is 16k, >>> column 4 is 8k, column 5 is 4k. The default if 4k so it looks like >>> formatting the card helps clean out the crud: >>> >>> Default 32KB 16KB 8KB 4KB >>> File Create: 69% 109% 484% 253% 227% >>> File Delete: 69% 462% 128% 104% 181% >>> File Write: 16% 22% 20% 18% 18% >>> File Read: 682% 682% 692% 653% 644% >>> File Seek: 1685% 1966% 1685% 1475% 1180% >>> DB Export: 56% 70% 103% 64% 54% >>> DB Import: 395% 416% 428% 412% 393% >>> Record Access: 804% 905% 905% 861% 862% >>> Resource Access: 914% 914% 800% 834% 768% >>> VFSMark: 521 616 582 519 481 >>> >>> I also noticed that if I re-ran the test without reformatting the >>> card the >>> results would drop. For example, a re-run with 32KB clusters gave a >>> VFSMark of 573. >>> >>> For the hell of it I compared my 2GB, Ultra brand, 150x SD card and >>> came >>> up with a VFSMark of 869, though most of that was due to screaming >>> creates >>> (1561%) and deletes (1387%). Writes were only 11% and everything >>> else was >>> on par with the 8GB card. >>> >>> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Roger Prokic wrote: >>> >>> > Here is my results... Can I get others that have a Treo 680 and >>> an 8GB card >>> > to post their results? >>> > >>> > VFSMark Results Treo 680 TOPRAM 8GB SDHC >>> > >>> > File Create: 38% >>> > File Delete: 12% >>> > File Write: 14% >>> > File Read: 635% >>> > File Seek: 1475% >>> > DB Export: 8% >>> > DB Import: 345% >>> > Record Access: 841% >>> > Resource Access: 783% >>> > >>> > VFSMark: 461 >>> > >>> > --- >>> > Roger Prokic >>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:rprokic%40mac.com> *NEW* >>> > Moderator for the Palm_Treo_680 Yahoo Group >>> > Baltimore, Maryland USA >>> > >>> > -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using >>> > SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- >>> > >>> > _ >>> > ( ) The ASCII ribbon campaign >>> > X against HTML e-mail >>> > / \ >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> -Jason >>> > >- -Jason > >- ----- >--- There are no absolute statements. I'm very probably wrong. --- >"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." >- Albert Einstein >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iQCVAwUBRfgQkayvi1v8SpM5AQKBgAQAi80bEMSEYvEsD5bRgrlYaV7afIBbSIhG >6nW2JRZJ8rpN5C0seCj3D6xso6O5kHkNOU8WTrMn/rSEgr8YYqd+3RNr2DBEEBxx >ZTvBQ5FgMr1LwxOei5ryF24rSfAP1DDrR2JScBjFU3dROQpKL+MrADkR36R516zS >dSdIE1PlXl0= >=OZvU >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
