wooch06

I really don't maintain my SD card, but I did try something that I've found real helpful.

I noticed that there was alot of space that was taken up on my SD card by who knows what, basically, wasted empty space.

I came across these settings on a forum (don't think it was even PPC related and gave it a shot. The only thing I changed was I chose not to backup the FAT. It made a difference in my cards performance, minimized slack space to less that 1%, and freed up alot of that "empty wasted space".

I used the Pocket Mechanic Logical Format Module to format my SD card. Make sure you transfer all your SD card data to your PC before formatting, as you will lose all data on the card.

Here are the settings I went with:

Uncheck all the boxes except quick format

FAT:16
Cluster Size: 4K

Then tap Format

It literally takes 2 seconds to format. Then I transferred my data back to my SD card and I was back in business!! I've attached a screenshot the settings that I've listed above.

I don't really defrag, once in a while I just copy the data from my SD card to my PC, delete everything off of the card, then transfer it back. Doing this with a PC Card reader significantly decreases the time it takes to do this.