[Dtb-talk] Is it safe to delete books with the Victor Stream?

[Jim Barbour]

Hi Tom,

I would say that the format error was definitely a fluke.

I delete many books (well, books, podcasts, etc.) every day from my
card and have had no problems.

Now, there are times when the stream won't delete your entire Daisy
book.  This won't hurt your card, but will sometimes leave directories
around that have 1 or 2 files in them.  Occasionally, I'd poke around
your card with your computer, and delete the extra crap.

Finally, SD cards are not really *that* stable.  I would expect a card
to last between 9 and 18 months.  Some longer, some shorter.  So, in
general, I'd make sure I had a backup of your card.

Hope this helps,

Jim

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 01:35:05PM -0700, Tom Shults wrote:
> All,
> 
> I am wondering if people on this list are having good or bad success at
> deleting books on the SD card using the delete function on the Stream.
> 
> Over a year ago, when I first got my Stream, I deleted a book, and
> subsequently got a card format error both on the Stream and in my PC.
> Reformatting the card worked fine.  Since then, I have not attempted to use
> the Stream's delete function as I feared it might be unreliable.
> 
> Perhaps my format error was a fluke.  Perhaps I do not need to be so
> cautious.  does anyone have experience with this?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Tom
> 
> 
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