Tomtom crashed :(

Epic · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 11

Had my Tomtom bout 2-3days now Laughing Out Loud

, works great, cant put it down wat so eva. but i tryed to add mc donalds POI 2day. rebooted the tomtom and it sits at the splash screen and nothing more. so i connected the usb cable and looked in the map folder and there lots of wierd name files and folders, look totaly currupt and it wont let me delete them at all...

Can i restore my Tomtom with the CD i got with it? or am i Fcuked?

sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

Try a reset. Push pin into hole underneath.

The file extensions are Linux/TomTom, not Windows!! Do not delete any!! The .chk files are NOT rubbish, they are the sound files.
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sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

What model of TomTom? You may have overfilled the card. It needs space for temporary files.
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Epic · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 11

Its the TT One, its got files in Great_Britain-map with no file extentions wat so every, with file names like: ░ác┬Ò>Ó and ã,ÓÖ ß@ß.ÓÓf

Also folders like: (ß2 `ÑÓ.úÓ

Looks very currupt to me, but all the normal files look to still be there... What does the restore util on the Tomtom cd actualy do? does it replace everyfile on the SD Card, or is it only for the booter on the device

Cheers guys!

Epic · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 11

Also theres 4.96mb left on the SD card, is this enough? or does it use this space for cache?

Eldar · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject:

Epic · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 11

Yes i did, its on my laptop at home. can i just run the restore util from the TT CD i got with it and it will fix it? Coz windows wont let me delete the wierd files etc... and it would prob need a full format or sumthing, cheers

Eldar · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:51 pm Post subject:

that depends on what backup you've made - full or settings. What's the size of the backup?

Epic · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 11

its 114mb in a tomtom go folder... how do i run the restore? as i tryed from the cd and it says there is no backup information

Epic · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 11

i just managed to restore that whole 114mb backup and its still doin the same thing, and the currupt files are still on. should i full format the SD card and then run the restore again, or will it totaly .... it?

Edited by Eldar

ahem... keep it clean

Eldar · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject:

format the card and restore your backup. Important: you don't have to take this advice, you are doing it at your own risk.

Epic · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 11

Fixed :D

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