there is no wood in these PDI products that I know of yet.... The plastic does
not count as the statute of limitations surely has worn out grin.
thank you!
BRETT K WINCHESTER PM KD7JN VOLUNTEER & READING SERVICES MANAGER
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I've had situations where I've had a micro drive in and had to do a reset
and I've gotten a message about the card having a problem. I just pop the
card out and do a reset, and haven't lost anything yet. <knocking on wood>
Peggy
At 07:32 PM 5/25/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>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
>:
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