Hi, List! Me personally, I treat the BN as I would my laptop. You never leave any floppy disks, or cd disks, in their drives when shutting down or turning on the unit due to the errors it can cause.
Diane Garrett/Leader Ruby Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (918) 664-5731 > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Laura Wolk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:29:25 -0400 >Subject: [Braillenote] Format Snair; Narrowly Escaped > Hi Jerry, > You've pointed out just one more reason why I suggest you remove flash >cards > before turning on your unit. This is a known bug, and you are right, you > should always press N, so that the card is not formatted. The other reason >i don't recommend having cards inserted in the unit upon > turning on your Bn/Vn is because it causes the unit to take an extra few > seconds to boot up and display the "card inserted" message. if you turn on > your unit and then insert the card, you will get the same results faster. > HTH, Laura > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jerry Weinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 9:15 PM >> Subject: [Braillenote] Format Snair; Narrowly Escaped >>> Dear List, >>> Upon turning on my Braillenote this evening after traveling home from >> work, I was asked whether or not I wanted to format something, either the >> flash disk, or the compact flash disk. I didn't catch that part. I >keyed >> in "n" for no. I was saved. This time I caught it. It is, however, >> sobering to consider that I might unknowingly bump my unit in transit, and >> the next thing I know, the Braillenote re-formats. I have never seen any >> other computer exhibit this kind of instability. I hope that Keysoft 6.0 >> will eliminate this situation, onece and for all. >>> I have a BN 32 with Keysoft 5.1 build 22, the most recent build. The >rom >> contains Keysoft 4.1. >>> Sincerely, >>> Jerry Weinger >>> ___ >>> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>> http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
