BBCurve freezes w. Media Card - Photos

Alright,
So I have denoted that the problem is deftinitely that pesky *.dat file problem that most have encountered.
The easiest solution is deleting all of the DAT files off of the media card, but as soon as the that is complete, and the Curve has a chance to scan the media card again, it generates those DAT files and screws itself up again.
Now I have seen a few people mention large photo files causing the problem. Since it is inevitably related to these bloody DAT files (RIM staff, anyway you can help us out, or what!?) has anyone been able to pinpoint what common problems cause these DAT files to act up?
I keep the same photos on the card in the same folder structure. Nothing is moving, so it has to be either a photo size or quantity of files in a folder. With that in mind, does anyone have any suggestions? What should I be looking for? I know the best solution is to just delete the media, but then why the hell did I even bother buying this media card!?
Any help's appreciated.
~thanks

Welcome to the forums Acerbius
Just a quick note: RIM does not participate directly in these forums, they are just intended for user to user support.
I would suggest moving all your files off the media card, formatting it from the phone. The next step is crucial, be careful to transfer only the media files back to the card i.e. don't copy and paste entire folders because they may have hidden .dat files.
What device OS are you running by the way? Options>About, 3rd line down says v4.x.x.xxx?
And did you recently purchase the media card and install it? Did you recently transfer files to the card when problems started occuring? Perhaps there is a corrupted media file causing the problems.
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