Thanks for the update. Also if MLO is writing often to the flash drive, I found an article that describes speeding up writes as well as other things to speed it up (these don't matter whether large or small drive) https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-speed-up-usb-data-transfer/
On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 11:06:34 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Sorry for the delay. I think I found the cause, and it was not the > software. I have been focused on getting recovered from the problems of > the last two weeks. In summary, here is what I discovered. > > > - Excessively large flash drives are a bad idea. Use multiple, > smaller flash drives for different purposes. > - Cheap USB hubs are a bad idea. My tech guy told me never purchase > one that has over three slots. If one of those slots is an HDMI slot, > you > probably have found a good one, but that is no guarantee. He reminded me > that I am not supposed to buy any tech without his blessing. Cheap e > - Cheap hubs have small, unreliable "pipes" for the transfer of > data. If those pipes are attached to a large flash drive, you are > begging > for file corruption. That is what happened to me, and to my MLO files. > He > walked me through purchasing what I should have had in the first place. > > MLO is now back to its flawless self. > - He reminded me that I want NO PART of OneDrive or Google Drive, > because the sync process takes too long and leaves your files open to > corruption. Stick to those smaller flash drives. > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 9:54 AM imajeff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Alos maybe you can configure the flash drive to be cached so files read >> faster after the first read. It is usually optimized differently just to >> make sure it doesn't corrupt the FAT if you remove without unmounting >> >> On Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 5:56:51 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I am really thinking about wiping the mlo files off my flash drive and >>> re-instaslling the software fresh. Starting over. >>> >>> I've looked for replacement software, but nothing is quite like this. I >>> need a planner...fast. >>> >>> It has been so long since I did an install, and I am certain i signed up >>> for a paid version, but I need to find out how to do that. >>> >>> On Friday, March 4, 2022 at 7:09:46 AM UTC-6 Susannah wrote: >>> >>>> Mine was and still is on a flash drive and works great. I have over >>>> 12000 tasks. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, March 4, 2022 at 8:08:41 AM UTC-5 Susannah wrote: >>>> >>>>> I had this problem a year or two ago. I think I had to reinstall it >>>>> or maybe even go back to a previous version. I can't remember exactly >>>>> now. I may have had to restore my file from backup too. Once I did that >>>>> it was back to normal again. It was hanging on almost every click and >>>>> was >>>>> pretty much unusable. >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 3:53:12 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I am constantly being held up from getting work done because MLO is >>>>>> always in "not responding" mode. This must stop. It never used to do >>>>>> it, >>>>>> but now it happens almost every couple of minutes while i am making >>>>>> updates. This is happening on my PC at home as well as my PC in my >>>>>> office >>>>>> on campus. >>>>>> >>>>>> I hope there is a solution, because I do not have time for this sort >>>>>> of thing. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mylifeorganized/QaZ0Eq2e-zw/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/3587a105-acc1-4008-8e60-5824d9494831n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/3587a105-acc1-4008-8e60-5824d9494831n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Jeff Tix > *Thinkers are seldom welcome guests in most social situations.* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/02817486-3c2f-4515-84c1-687d76a79e27n%40googlegroups.com.
