Dear Brett, I keep my CF card plugged in almost all of the time, and I've never had data disappear from it yet!
Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Winchester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 3:45 PM Subject: cf RE: [Braillenote] HELP! : Richard, Your comments are exactly on target. : : I had been advised by a PDI rep to make sure whenever turning on the BN that the cf card or pcmcia adapter carying it are not inserted. Aparently a scandisk like function can occur which could potentially wipe the card before you could stop it. Unsure if true, but again a little dirty secret no one wants to talk about. : : : thank you! : : BRETT K WINCHESTER PM KD7JN VOLUNTEER & READING SERVICES MANAGER : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.icbvi.state.id.us/brochure/RADIO.HTM : Member IAAIS International Association of Audio Information Services : IDAHO COMMISSION f/t BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED - ICBVI : P O BOX 83720, 341 W WASHINGTON, BOISE IDAHO 83720-0012 : 208-334-3220 ext 104 +7=voice mail after hours, Fax 208-334-2963 : : : : >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/25/04 03:37PM >>> : And this is not the first time I have seen this behavior. : I have seen several cases where the BN kept insisting that it needed to : "format" the card. I knew enough to tell it "no," but unfortunately it : would seem that Sarah was not even offered a choice. : It is glitches like this that truly concern me, and unfortunately, they : don't often get discussed on this list. : Most of what we see are testimonials that seem to indicate that PDI : products are the best thing since the wheel. In my opinion, all of the : companies in this rather narrow and artificially maintained field should : be more responsive to their customers, I am not just flaming PDI. : My first BN required service three times in under two years. As I said : earlier on this list, would you buy a DVD player from a company if you : had those kinds of problems with it? : You'd pick another company. Unfortunately we who use these specialized : devices are not fortunate enough to have many choices. No matter which : high-priced product we end up with, if we don't get the kind of service : and responsiveness we deserve, we're not hardly in a position to start : from scratch with some other company. : : -----Original Message----- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sarah : Cranston : Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:17 PM : To: Braillenote List : Subject: [Braillenote] HELP! : : : I hope someone can help me with this. I was just looking through the : folders on my CF card and it wasn't seeing one of the folders. So I did : a reset. And, POOF, all my files and folders are gone from the card. I : am sure I shouldn't have reset the BN. This happened once to me before : but I have had my BN serviced since then and I thought everything would : be okay. Is it the card? Does anyone have any suggestions? : : Sarah : : ___ : 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 : : : : ___ : 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 : :
