Hi, Paul.
No, I don't leave my flash card in my unit. Interestingly, all the files erased were text files. There was no announcement of the names of folders being erased, and so I have to conclude that it has something to do with the upgrade, and that this problem will re-surface with someone else, besides Beth and myself. One really shouldn't have this worry, and I think that, should this occur again to any BrailleNote user, a warning should be given in future editions of the User Guide that this could happen. In fact, I have no computer, and couldn't afford to buy one now, as I am well and truly a pensioner who has come to this technology very late in life. If you have any further, well reasoned, thoughts about how to erase a folder which says it has no hidden files in it, but which also says, when trying to erase it: "Zero files erased. Zero folders erased. Directory not empty.", then I'd be delighted to hear from you. I must emphasise again, Paul, that I stuck rigidly to the rules about the insertion of the flash card, and there was absolutely no warning that the twenty-two folders in question were being painlessly eliminated. With these reflections, I'll leave you. Regards, Jim Taylor. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 15:13:20 -0700 >Subject: re: [Braillenote] Lost Data: Keysoft 6.11 BrailleNote BT >Hi, Jim. Making a backup of your flash card is probably a good idea. I do >that myself. But again; do you leave your flash card in your unit when >turning it off or on? >At 5/12/2005, you wrote: >>Beth, Last week, with no warning, I lost the equivalent of twelve million >>characters from my flash card, having recently very smoothly upgraded to >>six point one. No warning was given that the twenty-two folders were >>being erased, so that, the next time I tried to access them, it was a real >>shock. I lost jokes, poems, sayings, lots of hymns, prayers, some French >>novels, a Mozart piano concerto (for the second time), lists of electronic >>book websites, etc., etc., etc. >>What to do? In both cases, my disappeared folders and your missing >>chapters, make two copies of them, either on separate flash cards or >>within the BrailleNote itself, giving them slightly different file >>names. But ... think a little. If these things didn't happen, what >>would be the point of this wonderful BrailleNote list? >>Incidentally, to make matters worse, two days ago, in putting right >>another fault with the help of a techie, all my 227 e-mail addresses were >>erased. >>So, if you feel it might be useful, or just friendly, passing on your >>e-mail address off list, so as not to generate unnecessary list traffic, >>do please feel free to do so. I am particularly anxious to contact >>Richard and Sarah. >>Anyway, Beth, those were my thoughts for what they were worth. >>Warm regards, >>Jim Taylor. >>___ >>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
