Hi Richard, Thank you for sending us your findings. When testing, I would also, if possible, test some smaller capacity cards.
Let us know what the outcome is anyway and we can see what might be going on from there. I don't have any explanation at this time, although I believe that there is a slight chance that we might be dealing with a hardware fault here, given what you seem to have done to date. Regards, Dean Jackson BrailleNote Product Specialist Humanware 11 Mary Muller Drive Christchurch new Zealand DDI: +64 3 940 2265 Fax: +64-3-384 4933 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.humanware.com Skype: pulsedata-support-nz__________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Ehrler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:31 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] losing files > Hello Dean, > I've had my Voice Note BT mPower for a few months now but have just > started trying to access some information off some CF cards and > microdrives that I saved there before returning my old VN for the upgrade > trade in. So far, I tried to insert the 1 GB Sandisk CF card I used in > the old VN in the rear slot and get a card unrecognized message every > time. If I put the same CF card in an adapter sleeve and install it in > the side slot, then it reads just fine every time. In the process of > trying the rear slot, I did indeed reboot the system with resets and even > with turning it off and back on. In both cases, it either hung the unit > or still came up unrecognized. After both tests I put the card back in > the adapter and the files were still on the card and in my VN. With the > Kingston 5 GB microdrives I purchased from HumanWare with my original VN > back in 2003, inserting them does nothing until I reset. Then the drives > are recognized and I can access files on them. So far, in neither case > have I lost files on the card or the VN. Guess I should thank the Gods of > technology or whomever for not losing any of my files but sure makes one > wonder just what combination of circumstances cause some units to act > differently. I will be checking my rear CF slot with several other cards > over the next few days to try to determine if it does this with all cards > or if just that one card is weird. If no cards are recognized there, then > I expect my mPower was shipped with a bad slot. In which case, I'll > probably wait until I need to return it for new batteries or some other > reason to have the slot checked and repaired. > Richard Ehrler > On 2006-02-27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Removing a compactflash card will prevent any Windows CE formatting > that might take place at startup. This formatting occurs if the > disk scanning of external devices, which occurs when Windows boots, > finds a drive in an unusable state. > In the event that all data on the flashdisk went South, as is being > reported happens, you would lose the contents of all your databases, > including email. > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.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.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
