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Formatting the media card

Formatting the media card - 5D Tutorial

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Formatting the media card

Most media cards come from the factory already formatted, but it's a really good idea to format a new card with your specific camera. You'll use your camera's Format command any time that you want to erase the card. So, after you've pulled your images into your computer, you'll need to put the card back into your camera, and format it. It's very important that you choose Format to do this, rather than using the camera's Erase All function. Repeated use of Erase All can leave your card unreliable, and result in you being unable to get the images off your card. Now, you can usually use special file recovery software to get to unreadable images, but it's a lot better to just avoid the problem in the first place. If a card does get messed up, then formatting it should put it back to normal. Since Format is a command that you're going to use very regularly, it's good learn exactly where it is. Format is located over here in the setup category, so I am going to use the Q button to get over…

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