all in one card reader and writer damaged

Thinkinginimages, I recall recently reading a similar comment (bolded above), not necessarily by you. It's pretty dull stuff unless you're into MTBF (mean time between failures) and CRC (cycle redundacy check) theories and FAT32/EXFat. If I went too simple, I'll be happy to get all 'geeky'. It's not a place to cut corners and there's still quite a few 'fakes' floating around. The trick is to not get a counterfeit card. On still cameras they seem to last longer.Ī second point is if you format a card, you wipe out an chance of data recovery.Īs for 'who makes the best cards', I go with the big brands.

On a camera I shot a mostly video with an SD card could get a little flaky in a year, give or take. Shooting video puts a lot of stress on a card. (Don't format cards in a computer.)Ī more important way to think of the lifespan of a card is how you use it. You can launch the built in utilities to check the cards status. When the card is in a computer most OS's will check the card, as if it's drive. I'm aware that opinion is going to kick up a lot of dust and tech theory. If the card is starting to go the camera alert you or your computer will alert you. Unless there's a reason to format, there's no reason to format a card more than once. I also don't want this to get needlessly 'geeky'. Welcome Wanda! I'm not sure there's a solid answer. Wondering how much life I can expect from them, and whether I should choose a particular one or type going forward. I have 3 cards of different type/capacity. About how many times are you able to reformat and reuse the same SD card before it's done for good? Based on your experience, does the maker and type/level of card factor into lifespan as well?

All in one card reader and writer damaged