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

[James Aldrich]

Hello again!

My favorite cards are Sandisk or Kingston!

Jim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dewey Bradley" <dewey.bradley at att.net>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Is it safe to delete books with the Victor Stream?


> 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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