SD Card Help Questions

[ian-and-penny]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me the maximum number of files that can be stored on a 256MB SD Card? I seem to be runing out of FAT long before I reach capacity.

Will formatting it a FAT or FAT32 make any difference?

Regards Ian

[Try hards]

The amount of file that can be store depends on the file size. I get approx 200 photos from my camera. So as for the amount of files it all depends on the file size. You could try to formatting the card also do a scan disc on it you may have some bad sectors (areas on the card that can not be written to) You will only be able to format as a standard fat system not a fat32

[Ebenezer]

Will formatting it a FAT or FAT32 make any difference?

Yes - I think FAT32 will give you more files, but make sure you don't need to use the card in some device that only supports FAT (e.g. a camera).

[ian-and-penny]

Will formatting it a FAT or FAT32 make any difference?

Yes - I think FAT32 will give you more files, but make sure you don't need to use the card in some device that only supports FAT (e.g. a camera).

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It's going into a PDA so it shouldn't be a problem. I can always re-format it if required.

[ian-and-penny]

Just out of interest - FAT 32 gives less storage space on the SD card because the FAT itself takes up more space.