Hi, when this has happened to me a number of times (I have a
faulty machine which is now going to be replaced) I was told not
to use Hyperterminal like you were once told. I was told that
this use to be the way but it isn't anymore. A humanware staff
member sent me a tool to use on the PC to fix the problem but
this still has to be done through the cereal port. The last time
I tried this I couldn't do it myself because for some reason Jaws
was holding onto the port and wouldn't let the program use it. So
I had to get my mum to run it for me but still I had no flash
drive so back it went to humanware.
I know when I had this problem the first time and got the tool
the staff member was on this list because they stated to me not
to do what was suggested on the list. So I'm sorry I can't
remember the persons name at the moment and the message is on my
PC and I can't get it at the moment but hopefully they are still
on this list and they will respond to your questions.
From Shaz.
BN QT MPower user.
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From: vicky collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Braillenote <[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:59:21 -0500
Subject: [Braillenote] PK flash disk not available
Hi All,
First, grin, the flash disk on my PK is indeed available, at
least for now. However, as those of you who have been on the
list for awhile know, the PK flash disk can disappear on
occasion. And, mine as been no exception in this regard.
Anyway, you might also recall that some of us have avoided
sending our units back to Humanware by connecting our PK to our
PC via its serial port, and then going into Hyperterminal on the
PC and issuing some commands to restore the flash disk to the PK.
However, in my case, my LapTalk PC that I had for over the last
four years finally quit working. And, I replaced it with a
Toshiba laptop, a laptop that doesn't have a serial port.
Thus, after all this, as I'm reasonably sure my PK flash disk
will die again at some point, I'm wondering if anyone has
restored their flash disk without having to connect the PK to the
PC via a serial port? I'm guessing it can't be done by Usb, as
Dean Jackson told me it had to be the serial port when he first
showed me how to fix this problem. So, if nothing has changed
since then, and I'm guessing it hasn't, perhaps someone has fixed
this problem with their PK via a serial to USB adapter? Oh, I'm
using the Windows Vista Premium operating system on this new PC.
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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