On 24 Apr 2005 at 21:36, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Sorry to hear of your loss Mark. I've been fairly cautious about > dumping files. I use a firewire card reader and transfer files from the > CF card to either my desktop computer or my laptop. Before clearing the > card, I make sure the files are actually on my hard drive. Unless both > devices fail at once, I don't think there's much chance of losing > anything. > Paul > On Apr 24, 2005, at 8:39 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
> > That's the most worrisome thing about this device - you just gotta > > have faith that the data is being copied accurately, and it only takes > > one mishaps to leave you wondering there after... Sorry that I am replying to this third hand however I seems to only be receiving a fraction of the list traffic at the moment :-( In any case I can't explain the data loss unless it was corruption on the card, which as you say you've checked (I assume you executed a surface scan also?) The X'sDrive shouldn't just omit data like that but as you say there is no confirmation and that's because it literally has no error checking, one of its worst points, one that pushed me towards the CompactDrive. I'd do some more testing and make some transfers, maybe as a last resort time how long it should take to transfer so you at least have an idea if it's short changed you. Good luck, mine's on eBay at the moment. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
