memory card loses space over time?

I hear that the more you use a photo card, the less it holds, why is this?
Would it help to leave 1 pic on it every time I download off it?
Thanks
R. Hamm

R. Hamm wrote:

I hear that the more you use a photo card, the less it holds, why
is this?

Disclaimer: I'm not a Compact Flash card designer... but I stayed
in a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Most Compact Flash cards (and probably memory sticks, secure digital,
and the rest) have built-in error detection and remapping. If a spot
on the card dies from age or use, it is detected and mapped out of
the writeable area on the card. That way you don't end up writing
part of an image onto a non-retrievable portion of the card. As a
card ages and develops more dead spots, the amount of storage
available drops.

Would it help to leave 1 pic on it every time I download off it?

Probably not.

BJJB

This question has been asked before....it hasn't happened to me but I can
guess that some cameras or the software that downloads the photos might put
indexing files on the card....just guessing....have you tried reformatting
the card? That should take it back the full state.

"R. Hamm" wrote in message
news:JnjLc.132965$IQ4.65996@attbi_s02...
I hear that the more you use a photo card, the less it holds, why is
this?
Would it help to leave 1 pic on it every time I download off it?
Thanks
R. Hamm

No, I got no responses the first time I posted this, I have checked daily
through my OE newsreader, unless it has a glitch, but thanks to those who
replied.


You just asked this question on July 13th.. Five people
took the time to answer you..

Here is what you wrote along with the answers that were
provided:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?R16651AD8

Arte Phacting wrote:

Yup - Ill second that. I access the NG using Outlook Express and my
records go beyoynd 13 July

I can find no link to your post. Who is faffing about!

Then your news server is not getting a full feed, or there was a
hiccup in propagation. Do a search on groups.google.com with the
following parameter:

"group:rec.photo.digital author:R. author:Hamm"

The search returns three primary hits. The one you're not finding
is titled "shrinking mem card Q?". There are five posts to that
thread, including the poster's original question.

BJJB

cheers bjjb

tsk! computers!

now my clock is acting up too

sheesh

Arty

"BillyJoeJimBob" wrote in message
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Arte Phacting wrote:

Yup - Ill second that. I access the NG using Outlook Express and my
records go beyoynd 13 July

I can find no link to your post. Who is faffing about!

Then your news server is not getting a full feed, or there was a
hiccup in propagation. Do a search on groups.google.com with the
following parameter:

"group:rec.photo.digital author:R. author:Hamm"

The search returns three primary hits. The one you're not finding
is titled "shrinking mem card Q?". There are five posts to that
thread, including the poster's original question.

BJJB

I found the replies under the Google newsgroup in my browser, more
dependable I guess, I will ty re-formatting the card using the camera's menu
tools, now if could figure out why my mouse keeps freezing up!
R. Hamm


"Arty Phacting" wrote in message
...
cheers bjjb

tsk! computers!

now my clock is acting up too

sheesh

Arty

"BillyJoeJimBob" wrote in message
...
Arte Phacting wrote:

Yup - Ill second that. I access the NG using Outlook Express and my
records go beyoynd 13 July

I can find no link to your post. Who is faffing about!

Then your news server is not getting a full feed, or there was a
hiccup in propagation. Do a search on groups.google.com with the
following parameter:

"group:rec.photo.digital author:R. author:Hamm"

The search returns three primary hits. The one you're not finding
is titled "shrinking mem card Q?". There are five posts to that
thread, including the poster's original question.

BJJB

if u have broadband without firewall etc don't worry too much - it may just
be a hacker looking at your data :-)

LOL

Truth is it could be anything

Good luck with the card and mouse

Arty

"R. Hamm" wrote in message
news:jvELc.138306$%_6.113413@attbi_s01...
I found the replies under the Google newsgroup in my browser, more
dependable I guess, I will ty re-formatting the card using the camera's
menu
tools, now if could figure out why my mouse keeps freezing up!
R. Hamm


"Arty Phacting" wrote in message
...
cheers bjjb

tsk! computers!

now my clock is acting up too

sheesh

Arty

"BillyJoeJimBob" wrote in message
...
Arte Phacting wrote:

Yup - Ill second that. I access the NG using Outlook Express and my
records go beyoynd 13 July

I can find no link to your post. Who is faffing about!

Then your news server is not getting a full feed, or there was a
hiccup in propagation. Do a search on groups.google.com with the
following parameter:

"group:rec.photo.digital author:R. author:Hamm"

The search returns three primary hits. The one you're not finding
is titled "shrinking mem card Q?". There are five posts to that
thread, including the poster's original question.

BJJB

R. Hamm writes:

I hear that the more you use a photo card, the less it holds, why is this?

It's not the case. Space on the card can become fragmented, but proper
software can recover that. The actual capacity of the card never
diminishes.

--
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"R. Hamm" wrote in message
news:JnjLc.132965$IQ4.65996@attbi_s02...
I hear that the more you use a photo card, the less it holds, why is
this?
Would it help to leave 1 pic on it every time I download off it?

Some people have complained about this, but it's usually the stupid
practice of erasing the contents of the media using the pooter, when the
smart way is by re-formatting in the camera.