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Jellby · 10-31-2011, 03:53 AM

It assumes that "empty" flash memory is all zero-bits, while "used" memory is a mixture of ones and zeros.

I believe that's not true with the FAT filesystem (which most/all readers use), empty memory can contain anything, it's just marked as empty, or rather not marked as used, in the file allocation table (FAT). So I'd say "in principle, maybe", it might gain weight, it might lose it, but it will remain FAT

10-31-2011, 03:53 AM	#8
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,560 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	It assumes that "empty" flash memory is all zero-bits, while "used" memory is a mixture of ones and zeros. I believe that's not true with the FAT filesystem (which most/all readers use), empty memory can contain anything, it's just marked as empty, or rather not marked as used, in the file allocation table (FAT). So I'd say "in principle, maybe", it might gain weight, it might lose it, but it will remain FAT