This is mainly for Laura, but I'm posting this for others who might be experiencing the same problem, especially since the User's Guide does not explain this adequately and I've noticed that many users don't know how to view the contents of their backup folders, thinking that they can only be copied (not viewed) using the Restore option.
Laura wrote: "Whenever I do a backup, I cannot view the files within the folder. The only one is a "folder" file, always with size 518. This is using the directory option, after viewing all, including hidden files. So, how would I check the size of them against the size of the ones on the bn?" At first, I thought this was weird and couldn't understand why she was only seeing the .fnb file. Then I remembered that .fnb and .exe files are NOT copied when using the Backup File option in the Utilities Menu. Only the files that were created &/or modified by the user will be copied. The .exe files used by Keysoft are found in the Windows folder of the Keysoft Systems Disk so even if you lose a copy of a .exe file in the Flash Disk, you can copy it from the KS Disk, and so it is not necessary to back it up. As for .fnb files, they contain the folder name, and so they are NOT copied during a backup because the backup folder has its own .fnb file, and that's the one Laura saw. For example, to see if I could replicate Laura's problem, I used the Backup File option and selected the Flash Disk as the drive, and Manual as the folder. If I view the contents of this Flash Disk folder using the Directory option of the File Manager, I see the files: 15 Command Summary B&Q ks.idx ks.toc Manual us_bnb.exe Now if this isn't similar in the reader's unit, don't sweat it, I created the first three files, that's why others won't have them. If I make a backup of this folder, one would expect to hear at the end of the operation: "5 files copied". Well, I did the backup, selecting the cf card as the destination drive and typing Test for the backup folder, and heard at the end of the operation, "3 files copied". I went into the File Manager, pressed D for the Directory option, selected the CompactFlash card and the Test folder, then viewed all, including hidden, files, because I suspect this is what Laura did. Just as she had noted, there was just one file there, the Test.fnb file which is not really copied from the Flash Disk but was created when the Test backup folder was created. You see, Laura, when you backup a specific folder, you are not just copying the contents of that folder but the whole folder itself. This is again another difference between the Copy File and the Backup File options. I'm afraid this is not explained in the User's Guide, however. What happened was that Keysoft created a folder, say in this case it's called Test, and copied as its SUB-FOLDER the folder in the Flash Disk that you selected to back up. Again, unlike the Copy File option, it did not just copy the contents of the source folder, but created such a folder as well but only as its sub-directory. You probably gave your backup folder the same name as the folder being backed up that's why you thought the .fnb file you saw was copied from the Flash Disk, not realizing it's the folder name file of your backup folder. Like I said, it doesn't copy the .fnb file of the source folder because this will conflict with the .fnb file for that backup folder. How to view the backup files then? Now if this doesn't work with your unit, then I'm afraid your BrailleNote is unique, but in a very negative way, because it works with my unit like I said in my other post, and I just tried it with the Test backup folder I've created. 1) Select the Directory option in the File Manager. 2) Select the cf or storage card where your backup folder should be. 3) At the folder name prompt, press SPACE with T (CTRL with T) to switch to the Directory prompt. This is the step most users are not aware about backup folders. They are not just folders, they are a nest of folders and you must use the directory tree-view to see their contents. 4) Press SPACE to navigate to the backup folder, in my case it was the Test folder, and hit ENTER ONCE to select it. 5) Press SPACE again and you will find as its sub-directory the folder in the Flash Disk that you have backed up. In my case, it's the sub-folder called Manual (the same name of the source folder). Press ENTER TWICE to select it. (Note that if you wanted to see the backup directory of the Attachments folder of the Flash Disk, you just press ENTER once at the Keymail backup folder, then space again to navigate to its second layer of sub-directories, where you'll find Attachments.) Pressing ENTER twice not only selects the directory or sub-directory, but takes you in it. 6) Press SPACE with X (READ with X) to view all, including hidden, files, and then SPACE to see the listed items. In my case, I saw: 15 Command Summary B&Q ks.idx ks.toc But the Manual.fnb and us_bnb.exe files are not there, which is logical (see my explanation in the third paragraph of this e-mail). You can then navigate to any file and do whatever you want (delete, move, rename if you're in the Directory option, open if you viewed the files while within Keyword or Keybook, copy or protect/unprotect if you select the corresponding option in the File Manager). Press SPACE with I (READ with I) to get information about the size of the file and the date it was last modified. HTH, Roselle
