GO300 - Folder Corrupted and Unreadable

chrisb1357

Hi all,

Well my first post here on pocket gps.

I have a GO-300 and when on holiday over the weekend i went to use the GO-300 and all i got was cannot find or read maps.

I have now just plugged the unit into my laptop and checked the SD Card in the unit. all i am getting when trying to access the Great_Britain-Map is ' The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable' does anyone know what is causing this.

Chris B

rkm_hm · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:32 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a problem with the SD card.

Did you make a full backup of everything on the card (over 100 MB) when you first bought it?

If so, re-format the card (or buy a new - possibly bigger - one) and copy the contents of your backup folder onto it.

If you *haven't* got a backup - or *only* backed up your personal settings rather than the whole thing, you'll need to contact TomTom to get the card replaced - because the files you need are *not* on the supplied CD.
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TomTom via135

Satmap Active 10+ v1.50 with full UK 1:50k map and 1:25k/1:10k County maps of Hampshire & Warwickshire

chrisb1357 · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject:

Hi there,

many thanks for the reply. How am i best to format the SD Card, I have an SD Card Reader on my laptop and i also did take a backup of the GO300 sd card when i got it.

Chris

chrisb1357 · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:52 pm Post subject:

I can only format the card using 'FAT32' as windows wont let me format using 'FAT' and i have copied the Backup back over to the card and updated TomTom GO Software to the latest version from tomtom website. Seems to work. I will now test with the external gps aerial

will the card work ok using FAT32 or should i use FAT

Also whats the best 256 MB SD Card to buy that will work in the GO-300

Chris

rkm_hm · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject:

You can format the card in TTG while connected to a USB ports (so that it looks like an external disk) - or in a card reader - it doesn't really matter.

I believe that TT supplies cards in FAT format - but earlier posts have suggested that FAT32 also works - so it probably doesn't matter.

There are lots of places to buy SD cards - many quite cheap. I bought something similar to this http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_4_401_40105&products_id=27882 from 7Day-Shop for my Classic and it works perfectly well. They also have Sandisk branded ones for about £18 - but there's nothing wrong with the one for a tenner. Since they're so cheap, you might consider getting a bigger one in case you go touring in Europe.
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TomTom via135

Satmap Active 10+ v1.50 with full UK 1:50k map and 1:25k/1:10k County maps of Hampshire & Warwickshire

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