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tazcab
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sorry i now have my tomtom go working again all i did was put my new card into tomtom go reboot and it started working ,
then i put my 512mb card into it and reboot again that works all so
so i am happy again, don`t know why it did`t work with my 512mb for the start? :D |
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marctwo
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BUGG*R!!! I made a backup of the new UK SD card I got today. Then I loaded on the speed camera database and something went wrong. The TomTom would not boot so I decided to restore the maps folder from my backup. Only problem is that the CNODE.DAT seems to be corrupt now.
Is there anything I can do? Can I simply get a copy of CNODE.DAT from somewhere and replace mine?
Please help! |
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marctwo
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| Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| marctwo wrote: | BUGG*R!!! I made a backup of the new UK SD card I got today. Then I loaded on the speed camera database and something went wrong. The TomTom would not boot so I decided to restore the maps folder from my backup. Only problem is that the CNODE.DAT seems to be corrupt now.
Is there anything I can do? Can I simply get a copy of CNODE.DAT from somewhere and replace mine?
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After my initial panic I realised that it might not be the file but that the SD card was full. I erased the card and copied all my backup files to it and it works again!!
So, I guess my new question is, how can I free up enough space on the supplied card to install the safety camera database etc? There only seem to be a couple of voices installed. Is there anything else I can get rid off? |
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crowman
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| tazcab wrote: | sorry i now have my tomtom go working again all i did was put my new card into tomtom go reboot and it started working ,lol
then i put my 512mb card into it and reboot again that works all so
so i am happy again, don`t know why it did`t work with my 512mb for the start? :D |
That's what I had to do:
1) Copy favorites from old (512) SD, rename and place in new (256) SD card.
2) Cleared 512 card
3) Copy all files from 256 to 512
4) Insert 512 into TTG.
5) Activate, but this gives a 'invalid code' message??!?!?!
6) Reinsert 256 SD card
7) TomTomGo starts up ok (no activation asked for)
8) Re-insert 512 card, TTG now works fine :)
9) Copy over loades of extra POIs - my 512 card has 270mb free after I've finished (217mb used from 488 total). |
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crowman
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| marctwo wrote: | After my initial panic I realised that it might not be the file but that the SD card was full. I erased the card and copied all my backup files to it and it works again!!
So, I guess my new question is, how can I free up enough space on the supplied card to install the safety camera database etc? There only seem to be a couple of voices installed. Is there anything else I can get rid off? |
If your credit card can accommodate it, you could get a larger SD card, Aria do a 512MG SD card for £25.26 inc VAT.
http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductsList.asp?Name=MEM-SD-512
As stated above, I have the Camera database plus about 20 other POIs (including petrol) and I still have 270MB free. |
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crowman
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nobodynice
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 7:25 am Post subject: |
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| i ordered from mymemory last friday and although it was dispatched on Monday it still hasn't arrived, so if you do buy make sure you don't want it in a hurry |
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ssnw1610
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:44 am Post subject: |
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(with usual apology for dumb newbie question)..
If there is still 270Mb left on the 512Mb card after copying your favourites, was a 512Mb card really necessary? Is there a performance advantage by using a larger capacity card? |
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nobodynice
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:52 am Post subject: |
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| i wanted it so i could include 3 other countries maps on it. i suppose a 256Mb would suffice for just the GB maps alone. but for the price difference always better to have the extra spare space for in the future you may need it |
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crowman
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| ssnw1610 wrote: | (with usual apology for dumb newbie question)..
If there is still 270Mb left on the 512Mb card after copying your favourites, was a 512Mb card really necessary? Is there a performance advantage by using a larger capacity card? |
My 512 card loses 24MB to the file system. Assuming this is the same for a 256 card, that leaves you with 234MB spare.
My new (GB only) maps plus extra POIs came to 217MB, that would leave just 17MB spare. Certainly not enough room to add a further map set, but you should be OK for further POIs. |
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marctwo
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| crowman wrote: | If your credit card can accommodate it, you could get a larger SD card, Aria do a 512MG SD card for £25.26 inc VAT.
http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductsList.asp?Name=MEM-SD-512
As stated above, I have the Camera database plus about 20 other POIs (including petrol) and I still have 270MB free. |
Thanks the suggestion and link but after paying out for the new maps and the 256MB card they came on (only reason I can think of why the maps cost so much), I don't really fancy buying yet another SD card as then I would have the old 128 and a 256 hanging around for no reason.
I'll have another look tonight to see if I can cram the safety camera database on there too. |
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ssnw1610
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The safety camera database files are quite small and fit onto the new GB card fine.
But, as with the original version there's not enough space for the Major Roads of Europe on the card supplied by TT. I really can't understand why they couldn't use a bit of common sense and offer the GB map on a 512Mb card for a few quid extra. Alternatively, why not provide a facility to upload Major Roads at country level, thereby reducing the file size(s)?
Anyway, I suppose users of the upgrade can now overwrite their original 128Mb GB card with the Major Roads of Europe map. Could someone please confirm whether this would work? |
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rkm_hm
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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Surely the new GB map is a Plus map which already has MRE integrated with it?
Roger |
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MikeB
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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That is correct the New GB maps include the Major Roads of Europe. So no need to install extra maps unless you have Maps of Western Europe to get detail of your destination.
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ssnw1610
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OMG, thanks Roger!
That's why I'm a beginner and you're advanced!
I take it all back then, and play with it a bit more before coming to further rash conclusions! |
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