D60 Card Formatting Same as Trashing Folders via Card Reader?

I need to dump folders off cards to hopefully end the problem I have been having with continous number that isn't due to cards being used across multiple D60 camera bodies.

Anyway, RichW told me here a week ago that I can probably end this problem by trashing the folders on the card Via a card reader. What I want to find out is: Is this as good as formatting the card Via the camera? Are there other reasons that I would need to then reformat the cards as well as trashing the folders via a card reader. I have 35 cards and will soon purchase more, so I don't want to have to triple handle them as it is very time consuming.

Thanks

Craig

Craig Stewart said:

I need to dump folders off cards to hopefully end the problem I
have been having with continous number that isn't due to cards
being used across multiple D60 camera bodies.

Anyway, RichW told me here a week ago that I can probably end this
problem by trashing the folders on the card Via a card reader.
What I want to find out is: Is this as good as formatting the card
Via the camera?

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No. Formatting in camera leaves folder and file information on the card.

Are there other reasons that I would need to then

voidhawk21 said:

reformat the cards as well as trashing the folders via a card
reader.

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No. Once you delete the files in the CF reader the card is empty.

I have 35 cards and will soon purchase more, so I don't

voidhawk21 said:

want to have to triple handle them as it is very time consuming.

Thanks

Craig

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Good luck,

Rich

on the same side of the world as me (australia) or don't sleep much and never leave your computer!

Thanks

RichW said:

Craig Stewart said:

I need to dump folders off cards to hopefully end the problem I
have been having with continous number that isn't due to cards
being used across multiple D60 camera bodies.

Anyway, RichW told me here a week ago that I can probably end this
problem by trashing the folders on the card Via a card reader.
What I want to find out is: Is this as good as formatting the card
Via the camera?

Click to expand...

No. Formatting in camera leaves folder and file information on the
card.

Are there other reasons that I would need to then

RichW said:

reformat the cards as well as trashing the folders via a card
reader.

Click to expand...

No. Once you delete the files in the CF reader the card is empty.

I have 35 cards and will soon purchase more, so I don't

RichW said:

want to have to triple handle them as it is very time consuming.

Thanks

Craig

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Good luck,

Rich

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I also never leave my computer. )

Rich

Craig Stewart said:

Thanks

RichW said:

Craig Stewart said:

I need to dump folders off cards to hopefully end the problem I
have been having with continous number that isn't due to cards
being used across multiple D60 camera bodies.

Anyway, RichW told me here a week ago that I can probably end this
problem by trashing the folders on the card Via a card reader.
What I want to find out is: Is this as good as formatting the card
Via the camera?

Click to expand...

No. Formatting in camera leaves folder and file information on the
card.

Are there other reasons that I would need to then

voidhawk21 said:

reformat the cards as well as trashing the folders via a card
reader.

Click to expand...

No. Once you delete the files in the CF reader the card is empty.

I have 35 cards and will soon purchase more, so I don't

voidhawk21 said:

want to have to triple handle them as it is very time consuming.

Thanks

Craig

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Good luck,

Rich

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Formatting in camera does a real format, but it then RECREATES the folder structure. Note the dates on the folders!
KP

RichW said:

Craig Stewart said:

I need to dump folders off cards to hopefully end the problem I
have been having with continous number that isn't due to cards
being used across multiple D60 camera bodies.

Anyway, RichW told me here a week ago that I can probably end this
problem by trashing the folders on the card Via a card reader.
What I want to find out is: Is this as good as formatting the card
Via the camera?

Click to expand...

No. Formatting in camera leaves folder and file information on the
card.

Are there other reasons that I would need to then

RichW said:

reformat the cards as well as trashing the folders via a card
reader.

Click to expand...

No. Once you delete the files in the CF reader the card is empty.

I have 35 cards and will soon purchase more, so I don't

RichW said:

want to have to triple handle them as it is very time consuming.

Thanks

Craig

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Good luck,

Rich

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Am I doing it right? When I,m done downloading a card from my card reader to my computer, I then put it back in the D60 and format the card for the next shoot. I don't erase the card first. What is the proper way to do it?

Ken Phillips said:

RichW said:

Craig Stewart said:

I need to dump folders off cards to hopefully end the problem I
have been having with continous number that isn't due to cards
being used across multiple D60 camera bodies.

Anyway, RichW told me here a week ago that I can probably end this
problem by trashing the folders on the card Via a card reader.
What I want to find out is: Is this as good as formatting the card
Via the camera?

Click to expand...

No. Formatting in camera leaves folder and file information on the
card.

Are there other reasons that I would need to then

Ken Phillips said:

reformat the cards as well as trashing the folders via a card
reader.

Click to expand...

No. Once you delete the files in the CF reader the card is empty.

I have 35 cards and will soon purchase more, so I don't

Ken Phillips said:

want to have to triple handle them as it is very time consuming.

Thanks

Craig

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Good luck,

Rich

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--
29 lbs. of Canon stuff in a backpack that I carry everywhere. A
closet full of things that are banned in Britain. A minivan and a
Fender Stratocaster. A three bedroom ranch with three owls on an
acre. An aversion to rumours. Also, absolutely no Canon 1200mm
f/5.6. Yet.

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--
Tim Young
Gotta film brain in a digital world!

either way will work just fine.

Rich

flashdaddy said:

Ken Phillips said:

RichW said:

Craig Stewart said:

I need to dump folders off cards to hopefully end the problem I
have been having with continous number that isn't due to cards
being used across multiple D60 camera bodies.

Anyway, RichW told me here a week ago that I can probably end this
problem by trashing the folders on the card Via a card reader.
What I want to find out is: Is this as good as formatting the card
Via the camera?

Click to expand...

No. Formatting in camera leaves folder and file information on the
card.

Are there other reasons that I would need to then

flashdaddy said:

reformat the cards as well as trashing the folders via a card
reader.

Click to expand...

No. Once you delete the files in the CF reader the card is empty.

I have 35 cards and will soon purchase more, so I don't

flashdaddy said:

want to have to triple handle them as it is very time consuming.

Thanks

Craig

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Good luck,

Rich

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--
29 lbs. of Canon stuff in a backpack that I carry everywhere. A
closet full of things that are banned in Britain. A minivan and a
Fender Stratocaster. A three bedroom ranch with three owls on an
acre. An aversion to rumours. Also, absolutely no Canon 1200mm
f/5.6. Yet.

Click to expand...

--
Tim Young
Gotta film brain in a digital world!

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Ah, You are in the eastern daylight timezone then, it is 12 hours behind us exactly. It was 10 am for me when you that.

RichW said:

Rich

Craig Stewart said:

Thanks

RichW said:

Craig Stewart said:

I need to dump folders off cards to hopefully end the problem I
have been having with continous number that isn't due to cards
being used across multiple D60 camera bodies.

Anyway, RichW told me here a week ago that I can probably end this
problem by trashing the folders on the card Via a card reader.
What I want to find out is: Is this as good as formatting the card
Via the camera?

Click to expand...

No. Formatting in camera leaves folder and file information on the
card.

Are there other reasons that I would need to then

RichW said:

reformat the cards as well as trashing the folders via a card
reader.

Click to expand...

No. Once you delete the files in the CF reader the card is empty.

I have 35 cards and will soon purchase more, so I don't

RichW said:

want to have to triple handle them as it is very time consuming.

Thanks

Craig

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Good luck,

Rich

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Thanks Rich,

That's good to know. You hear so many different tales out there. I just had a Lexar 256mb 12x card totally fail. It can't be read by any device and it won't reformat. Lexar told me to send it back to RMA and they will replace it. This kind of stuff about digital drives me crazy. As a pro I can't afford a single failure.

RichW said:

Rich

flashdaddy said:

Ken Phillips said:

RichW said:

Craig Stewart said:

I need to dump folders off cards to hopefully end the problem I
have been having with continous number that isn't due to cards
being used across multiple D60 camera bodies.

Anyway, RichW told me here a week ago that I can probably end this
problem by trashing the folders on the card Via a card reader.
What I want to find out is: Is this as good as formatting the card
Via the camera?

Click to expand...

No. Formatting in camera leaves folder and file information on the
card.

Are there other reasons that I would need to then

RichW said:

reformat the cards as well as trashing the folders via a card
reader.

Click to expand...

No. Once you delete the files in the CF reader the card is empty.

I have 35 cards and will soon purchase more, so I don't

RichW said:

want to have to triple handle them as it is very time consuming.

Thanks

Craig

Click to expand...

Good luck,

Rich

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--
29 lbs. of Canon stuff in a backpack that I carry everywhere. A
closet full of things that are banned in Britain. A minivan and a
Fender Stratocaster. A three bedroom ranch with three owls on an
acre. An aversion to rumours. Also, absolutely no Canon 1200mm
f/5.6. Yet.

Click to expand...

--
Tim Young
Gotta film brain in a digital world!

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--
Tim Young
Gotta film brain in a digital world!