This is Joseph. There has been a lot of talks aout removing devices for sometime now. It is generally recommended that you remove devices.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of linda paul Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:29 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] thanks Hi Kevin and all, I have a question in response to your information. I am one of the few who panicked when I heard about the m Power crashing today. I was and maybe still am, very serious about purchasing it. Do you mean that for example, when turning off the Braille Note you should remove your compact flash card. I have my books from bookshare on it. I now have the classic, and have never removed the card. Also, when you say you lose files, do you also lose your address book, e-mails, and key word files. I am not at all computer savoy, that is why I use the Braille Note and Braille and Speak. Thanks. Linda Paul > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kevin Chao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:13:06 -0800 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] thanks >This is Kevin over here i would just like to add some of my thoughts on >this issue of losing data on a mPower, classic, or a pc. The bottom >line is that they're all computers and they wil behave like computers >and crashing, losing data, and just other things that occur with >computers currently. So my opinion of keeping all of your data safe is >to back it up consistently onto cards such as pc, cards, sd cards, >thumb drives, and , other external medias. Then after you backed up >your files onto those cards, remember to remove them when powering off >and on and dont put them into the slots or ports available until the >unit is on to make sure that you are doing every thing precisely, and >making it very very minimal to lose any type of data. And one last >thing when writing a long document or any type of document make sure >that you save periodically, this will help because in case your unit >crashes you will lose very few data. Well i hope that this will help a >few people out there We just have to keep in mind that these things are >computer and will behave like them, until some major improvement comes >along with the way data is managed and stored. Kevin >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sarah Cranston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 8:55 PM >Subject: re: [Braillenote] thanks >> Hi Sammie and All, >> I want to weigh in on the issue of losing files, since I was one of >> the ones who posted the original messages on the subject, even though >> I knew better. Yes, I have lost files recently from my mPower. I >> have also lost files from my BN when it was a classic, as well as >> from my desktop PC. I can't stress enough that this is not an mPower >> issue, as far as I am personally aware. To answer your question >> directly, Sammie, taking out your CF card will almost certainly keep >> your data safe. I say almost because, with computers, you just never >> know, sometimes you lose data no matter what you do. I have no >> reason to believe, just because a few of us posted about very strange >> BN behavior, that the mPower is predisposed to lose data. So no, I >> wouldn't worry about your new mPower eating your data, it probably >> won't happen. Backup constantly just in case, but know that, in the >> opinion of this end-user, HW has done and continues to do, the best >> they can to see that these unfortunate things don't happen. I hope I >> helped to put things in at least some perspective. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>From: Sammie Clay <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To: Write Humanware <[email protected] >>>Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:50:19 -0500 >>>Subject: [Braillenote] thanks >>>Hello list, >>> To everyone who responded to my questions about losing files, I >>>wish to thank you for doing so. However, nobody answered my >>>questions. I am aware that currently we are forced to live with this >>>problem after our upgrade or purchase to a new MPower, but I'd like >>>to know why. This technology is not cheap, and many of us are >>>required to mortgage something to obtain it, so I believe that any >>>marketed improvement should perform at least as well as the device it >>>replaced. >>> I'm still interested in getting answers to my original questions >>>about reset issues if your device freezes and you must perform a >>>reset without returning to Main Menu. >>> Since I haven't received my MPower yet, I don't know whether this >>>problem will affect me or not. If I'm not affected, then my >>>questions are moot, But in case I am affected, and for those who are >>>affected now, I think the questions deserve more than just a "We'll >>>just have to live with it" answer. >>> Forgive me, but I don't know Joseph Lee, is he a Humanware >>>engineer, vendor, or stockholder, or does he obtain the knowledge he >>>gives about these products from the User's manual? I am not saying >>>that he does not have actual, first hand knowledge and professional >>>experience about what he says, but if my new transplant loses data, >>>Joseph Lee nor the people telling me I have to live with it are out >>>of anything. I however don't have my data, which is the reason I >>>have this wonderful product in the first place. >>> With all that said, I like my BrailleNote, and don't want any >>>other company's product to replace it. I just want it to work at >>>least as well as my 6.11 did. And please don't recommend that I >>>get a desktop, laptop, or notebook computer. I can't use the >>>QWERTY keyboard, and therefore, don't know how to use a computer. >>>This very expensive device is what I have, what I want, and I >>>need it working properly. >>> If this is off-topic, I apologize, but I believe that my >>>original message was on-topic and still deserves an answer, not >>>platitudes. >>>Sammie Clay >>>___ >>>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> ___ >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
