musicaleCA
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Formatting the card rather than just erasing is a good part of any workflow. Once you've got the images off the card, formatting it in the camera will return the card to a stable state. After a while, it's good to test the integrity of cards, and do low-level formats thereafter if the card has bad sectors. A "low-level" format will essentially cordon-off the bad sectors, so they aren't used, so that you never risk any part of an image being corrupted.