Hi Dean and all,
I had a one gig cf card made by sandisk that I used with my
previous vnqt classic running 6.1. When I got my mpower also
running 6.1 I had no trouble putting files on it from the card.
I also have had no trouble upgrading my mpower using the sd card.
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From: "Dean Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:27:20 +1300
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] losing files
Hi Richard,
Thank you for sending us your findings. When testing, I would
also, if
possible, test some smaller capacity cards.
Let us know what the outcome is anyway and we can see what might
be going on
from there. I don't have any explanation at this time, although
I believe
that there is a slight chance that we might be dealing with a
hardware fault
here, given what you seem to have done to date.
Regards,
Dean Jackson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Ehrler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: <[email protected]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] losing files
Hello Dean,
I've had my Voice Note BT mPower for a few months now but have
just
started trying to access some information off some CF cards and
microdrives that I saved there before returning my old VN for
the upgrade
trade in. So far, I tried to insert the 1 GB Sandisk CF card I
used in
the old VN in the rear slot and get a card unrecognized message
every
time. If I put the same CF card in an adapter sleeve and
install it in
the side slot, then it reads just fine every time. In the
process of
trying the rear slot, I did indeed reboot the system with resets
and even
with turning it off and back on. In both cases, it either hung
the unit
or still came up unrecognized. After both tests I put the card
back in
the adapter and the files were still on the card and in my VN.
With the
Kingston 5 GB microdrives I purchased from HumanWare with my
original VN
back in 2003, inserting them does nothing until I reset. Then
the drives
are recognized and I can access files on them. So far, in
neither case
have I lost files on the card or the VN. Guess I should thank
the Gods of
technology or whomever for not losing any of my files but sure
makes one
wonder just what combination of circumstances cause some units
to act
differently. I will be checking my rear CF slot with several
other cards
over the next few days to try to determine if it does this with
all cards
or if just that one card is weird. If no cards are recognized
there, then
I expect my mPower was shipped with a bad slot. In which case,
I'll
probably wait until I need to return it for new batteries or
some other
reason to have the slot checked and repaired.
Richard Ehrler
On 2006-02-27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Removing a compactflash card will prevent any Windows CE
formatting
that might take place at startup. This formatting occurs if
the
disk scanning of external devices, which occurs when Windows
boots,
finds a drive in an unusable state.
In the event that all data on the flashdisk went South, as
is being
reported happens, you would lose the contents of all your
databases,
including email.
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