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Jonny
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 12:59
Why would you use 'Erase all' when 'Format' is so much quicker?

Am i missing something here?
Olegis
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 13:07
I format all the time - never use an "erase" option.
tommykjensen
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 13:24
I always use format.
Jonny
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 13:35
I format all the time - never use an "erase" option.

Yes, me too....so why the 'erase all' option? seems pointless
jeric777
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 13:49
so that you can erase all the files that are not protected, not like format, it will erase everything even the protected ones.
Transfix
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 13:59
I think that when you do an erase all it dosen't delete folders that you created where a format will.
Jonny
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 14:01
so that you can erase all the files that are not protected, not like format, it will erase everything even the protected ones.

Ahhhh. Of course, i forgot about that.....i'll just go get my coat shall i ?
samdring
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 14:14
erase all when you have forgotten a rubber
Cadwell
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 14:18
erase all when you have forgotten a rubber

Perhaps a translation for our American cousins? I believe "rubber" has a somewhat different meaning over the Western side of the pond... ;)
PacAce
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 14:20
erase all when you have forgotten a rubber

Perhaps a translation for our American cousins? I believe "rubber" has a somewhat different meaning over the Western side of the pond... ;)

"Rubber" as in "Tires", you mean? 8)

:mrgreen: :oops:
Aylwin
23rd of October 2004 (Sat), 18:29
"Rubber" as in pencil eraser. :)

Anyway, I usually format. It's much quicker. I've actually never used the protect function. I don't see much use for it.
elhalman
25th of October 2004 (Mon), 02:22
I guess it’s like the case in your PC hard disk!

When you “erase” data from a hard disk it is always easy to recover it by “undelete”. Unless you overwrite it with another set of data, the photo that was erased by mistake is actually still there waiting to be recovered.


But in format there is no go back, no easy "unformat" method.
Format means you are going to loose your data –arguably!- forever.
Transfix
25th of October 2004 (Mon), 12:31
Incorrect. If you format a lexar card, you can still recover images with their image recovery software.
Deckyon
25th of October 2004 (Mon), 12:35
Incorrect. If you format a lexar card, you can still recover images with their image recovery software.

Only as long as you have not taken any more photos over the formatted card. At that point, the lexar software fails. I, unfortunatly, had to test this last night. Lost 6 hours worth of work. BAH!

Still, format, it is like giving the card a bath, cleaning all the data.