Hi,
I've only lost files a couple of times and this, I do believe, has been
because I'm a very fast writer and have been in too much of a hurry.
I too have kept backups so only lost a few minutes' work at the most.
I wouldn't be without my BN! <Smiles>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Data loss
Hi Donna,
I've been using BrailleNotes since 2002 and have found that data loss as
described by Mary Ellen occurs much less frequently now than when I first
started using BrailleNotes. Several years ago it used to happen with some
regularity, but I've only lost one file in the last year. Memory
management seems to be much better. To safeguard against this type of
data loss, I avoid using the internal flash disk and I create and store
all files on compact flash or SD cards.
The BrailleNote does have a backup utility which works quite well in my
experience.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Goodin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:28 AM
Subject: [Braillenote] Data loss
Hi Chris, Mary, and all,
Actually, Chris, I have to strongly disagree. though what you say about
PCs is true, that happense *very rarely. If the BN frequently loses
data, especially if there's been no crash of the device, that is an
unacceptable flaw. If you can't mostly rely on your device to preserve
data, why bother owning it in the first place.
I currently use a competitor's product--the one that came out in fall of
2003. I can't say I *never lose data, but if I do, it's because the unit
has locked up and a cold reset must be performed, so I know that any data
that hasn't been backed up is lost. I'm on this list because I was
considering purchasing a BN. If what Mary Ellen describes is a pervasive
problem with these units, I think that just took the BN right off the
table for me. I'll tolerate lots of bugs in a product, but data loss is
definitely not one of them.
Best,
Donna
P.S. I also you Sprite Backup with my current unit. I know the BN has
some kind of backup feature, at least I think it does. It would be a
good thing if that program could allow you to back up your data to a
storage card.
-----Original Message-----
From: "Chris Hallsworth"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 8/7/07 5:01:28 AM
To: "Mary Ellen Earls"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Braillenote
List"<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Comments:
Mary, sorry to hear you've lost your document, but consider this.
Sometimes
computers can have glitches, one of which is to lose work that you
thought
you last saved. There are a handful of reasons why this would be the
case,
power failure being one of them. So I guess it's the same with the
BrailleNote; the operating system, Windows CE/Keysoft, must have glitches
in
them that occur from time to time, and one of these is to erase a whole
document despite you saved it. So my advice? Consider backing up the
document to some removable device, so that should you lose it you've
always
got a backup. Also Mary, did this issue happen on a classic or an mPower?
As
I say I am sorry to hear what's happened, but it's just one of these
things
and therefore I hope from this message you'll take my advice and
hopefully
never lose a document again. I hope this helps.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 3:39 AM
Subject: [Braillenote] Comments:
Well let me first say that I hope somewhere along the line Humanware
will
start addressing the issue of these machines loosing huge amounts of
material. I am even talking about material which has specifically been
saved and the machine just kicks it out. The strange thing is that the
document is still there but absolutely no text is there. It is like
someone went in went to the top of the document and on a bt pressed
space
d and space dots 1 4 and the whole document disappeared To me that is
more
important than anything because I lost 28 pages today never to recover
them again. I even tried the save and recover feature to no avail.
This has been a problem with the Braille Note since I have had one in
2002.
And I am extremely surprised this has not come up more often but it has
not.
Secondly as far as batteries are concerned, if some of you will
remember
Fs came out in about 2003 or very early 2004 with a pacmate Braille &
Speak which had a user replacible battery. Ok they went back and did a
total makeover of the machine which came out in the fall of 2004 and
guess
what? The battery was not user replacible. Why? Because there had been
numerous problems with the earlier model of the pacmate Bns because of
that user replacible batteries.
I have no doubt technology has come a long way since then and I too
would
love to change my battery out but we have to realize hw can only pack
so
much in an upgrade at any given time and they have only so many people
in
development.
In a perfect world there would be that one perfect machine with
everything
for everyone but alas, this is 2007 the world is not a perfect world
and
now you have myriads of machines out there to choose from, so you do
not
like the features of one machine, go to its competitor and perhaps you
will find what you want from them.
Mary Ellen Earls
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