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07/07/2004 05:28:00 PM · #1 |
I have a IBM CF Type II Microdrive 1 GB card that I have been using for 1 1/2 years. It seems to me that it's getting exceptionally slow in saving my pictures. Is is just me or do CF cards have diminished speed as they are used and reformated?
Thanks!
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07/07/2004 05:35:16 PM · #2 |
CF cards to not degrade over time, but hard disk drives do, and the Microdrive is a hard disk drive. The typical "expected life" of a HDD for a PC is about 3 years, I would not be surprised if it is somewhat less for a miniaturized portable drive like the Microdrive, which is more prone to getting jostled.
-Terry
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07/07/2004 05:44:28 PM · #3 |
If you insert in a card reader,you should be able to run drive disanostics on it just like an internal drive. That should tell you whether there are a lot of bad sectors cropping up. A TON of unreadable/unwritable sectors is the only reason I can think of that it would slow down noticeably.
edit:
You are formatting, apparently, so I assume that fragmentation is not the reason...
Message edited by author 2004-07-07 17:45:29.
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