The first time this happened to me I had just about the same reaction. Problems like this one are why I joined the BN list. That, and because there are still some things I don't know about the machine.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:57 PM Subject: Re: cf RE: [Braillenote] HELP! I was devastated one Saturday night when both my compact flash cards were formatted without my permission and I lost several hundred recipes and several hundred braille books. I almost cried, and I felt as if I'd been in a fire! I got some stuff back but not everything. I just couldn't bring myself to write to the list because I didn't want to talk about it. I learned a very expensive lesson; I back up on virtually every storage card I have, plus the computer. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Winchester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:45 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 > > ___ 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
