Master Shake Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I was wondering is there a way to defragment or speedup when I am looking through the pictures on my digital camera when I am looking at the pics on my camera in windows 7? Is there a way to defragment or speed it up? Maybe I need a faster memory card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I was wondering is there a way to defragment or speedup when I am looking through the pictures on my digital camera when I am looking at the pics on my camera in windows 7? Is there a way to defragment or speed it up? Maybe I need a faster memory card? Faster card is really the only way, just make sure your camera and reader can use the faster card. Defragmenting is not an option because flash memory does not suffer from fragmentation the same way a HDD does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 It also depends on how you are viewing your pictures. Is the card plugged into a card reader? or are you running a USB cable from the camera to the computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyF Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Defragmenting is useful for a hard drive since a hard drive is mechanical - the read/write heads will have to move to where the data is stored on a platter in order to access it. If a file is fragmented, that means that several parts of that file are scattered all over the HD. Defragmenting will fix this by trying to place all these pieces togeter, so everything is in the same spot on the HD, decreasing seek times. Since a memory card is solid state, it does not matter if files are fragmented or not, as it is not mechanical (thus no read/write heads that need to seek the data). The only way would be to buy a faster card. Also make sure that if you're using a USB connection to your camera, or a USB card reader, that it is plugged into a hi-speed (USB 2.0) port. If you use an USB 1.1 port, the available bandwidth would be a lot smaller, which would also increase loading times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Shake Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 I'm trying plugging it into a rear usb jack in case the front ones are 1.1. Thank you for the advice, I think I need a faster memory card, this was a cheap one. Would a card reader be significantly faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Shake Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 Does anyone have any recommendations for a large, fast memory card? This thing is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Sandisk Ultra II SDHC is the best for the money imo PNY has good stuff but prices are iffy, usually high http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do...b_value=234_All http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.as...me=Flash-Memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 if you really need speed, go for Extreme III 30mb/s edition or even Extreme IV. I use an Extreme III 20mb/s edition and Ultra IIs. They work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mDagar Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I use Sandisk Extreme III 30MB/s. I hear good things about the Lexar Professional 133x cards as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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