Yes, I thought about the perkins. It wasn't my compact flash card that crashed, it was the whole KeySoft. It's fixed, but that was a nightmare. I had decided it was back to the perkins, but I didn't do it. Grin!
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sarah Cranston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 04:07:38 -0500 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Format Snair; Narrowly Escaped >The scarey thing, as my fiance could tell you, is that even the flash disk >is not immune to the occasional reformatting gremlin. He had to get his >unit repared three times, because of a complete spontaneous reformatting of >the onboard flash disk. Many of us on this list have been exposed to >computers, with their collective foybles, for many years, and we all know >that computers, in and among themselves, are never failsafe. My own >personal method for creating indestructable data, is to use a Perkins >Braille Writer or a slate and stylus. (LOL) >Sarah >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Laura Wolk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:39 AM >Subject: [Braillenote] Format Snair; Narrowly Escaped >Hi Paul, > The question presented to the user is not whether they wish to reformat >the > entire Bn, but the separate compactflash card or storeage card in the case > of the pcmcia slot on the side of the unit. So you are correct, it is a > matter of whether you have a flash card inserted within the unit or not. > <smile> As for never losing any data... I wish I could make the same >claim, > but unfortunatley, I can only sit here and fume jealously at your luck. >> lol. > HTH, Laura >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 5:43 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Format Snair; Narrowly Escaped >>>> Hi everyone. I have never been asked whether I want to reformat my bn. >I >>>> wonder if it only happens if you have a flash card in the unit? I have >> the >>>> 48 mb on bord and over the past six months have never lost any data >nor >>>> have I ever been asked whether I want to format the flash disk. >>>> I don't keep a flash card in my unit. I wonder if keeping one in the >> unit >>>> is the problem? >___ >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
