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

[Dewey Bradley]

I'm going to ask a stupid question.
What kind of cards do we need for the stream?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Is it safe to delete books with the Victor Stream?


> 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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