Hi Joseph, Thanks for the clear explanation. I have a question: Do you think that this hardware problem could also explain the fact that there seems to be very little difference between the Apex and the mPower in terms of the time it takes them to open large files, despite the Apex's faster processor? Or is that more likely to be a separate issue?
Best, Nicky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]> To: "'Mike Welty'" <[email protected]>; "'Robert Stigile'" <[email protected]>; "'Braillenote Humanware'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 4:26 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Backing up > Hi folks, > Just doing quick searches on Google. So far the results suggests that it is > in fact the hardware that is causing the problem. The actual procedure of > handling erase and copy on flash devices is somewhat hard for many users to > understand... Anyone help me, please.. > One thing that needs clarification: Windows CE 6 stores all data on Flash. > Since Flash is slower than RAM and uses blocks to store data, it would be > natural to see slowness when copying large files, especially over six > hundred files at once. One simple test could be copying same files and > folder over and over again to different folders on the same storage medium - > in other words, carrying out backup procedure multiple times on same data, > and noting the pattern. Does the file copy operation gets slower? Does it > give you some errors about access denial of certain blocks (unlikely)? Then > we have a hardware problem (if it does not occur on the mPower, then it is > indeed the hardware, not software; although software counts, the problem > would have been caused by the shift of storage from RAM to flash and the > effects that it has on large file copy operations, such as backing up > files). > Hope it was simple enough for beginners to understand... Again sorry for > some difficult words... > Cheers, > Joseph P.S. I'm considering changing my major after not doing well on my CS > midterm... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Welty > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 7:07 AM > To: Robert Stigile; Braillenote Humanware > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Backing up > > Maybe they are looking at it? you people seem to forget, the apex is just > the starting point on the windows CE 6 platform, and the software is still > basically for the MPower. these software problems we have been having, may > be caused by that. give HW a chance to correct errors and the like before > saying they didn't do their job and all. > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Robert Stigile" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 09:51 > To: "Braillenote Humanware" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Braillenote] Backing up > >> Hello All, >> This morning, I thought i would try backing up my flash disk to see what >> people are talking about with the Apex. >> I have 10 mb of files, and when it finished, it said it copied 680 files. >> This took 15 minutes to take place. >> Clearly, this should not take this long. >> Hw needs to look at the backup utility, and figure out why it is so slow. >> Take care, >> Robert Stigile >> E-mail: [email protected] >> Skype: Robertstigile >> >> ___ >> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >> copy to the list as well. >> >> 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 >> > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2674 - Release Date: 02/07/10 > 19:35:00 > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > 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 > > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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
