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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:45 am    Post subject: Checking if files storred on my tom tom 910 are needed Reply with quote

Sorry, but I think I posted the query below in the wrong forum so I have re-submitted it

Hi
I have had my Tom Tom 910 fo a number of years now and have put various POI's onto it over that time period into the folder that says something like "Westen Europe"

What I would like to do is check the files I have are needed, as there are lot of strange looking files in there, so if I copied this list of files , would I be able to send it to someone on the forum who would be good enough to look at it and advise me as to the best way of "tidying" up the files and whether or not any of them could be deleted.

I am aware, from previous correspondence on the forum, that I can only store a certain number of POI's on my device , so would like to see if I have stored mine in the most efficient manner or whether they should be stored in a different way.

Hope someone can help

Many thanks
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Make sure you have the file extensions turned on and simply look for all the ov2 and bmp files as these are the POI, for example Shell would appear as two files for the single POI category:

Shell.ov2
Shell.bmp

The above applies to all POI files stored in your map folder (Western_and_Central_Europe) - Mike
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you use the small program DriveZ, it will copy files in any given Folder.

You can PM me, and I will give you an email address to send the images to. I can then compare them with mine.

I did answer to your other Thread, but will delete it to avoid confusion.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mike, sorry if its a daft thing to say, but wouldnt it be easier to just blank the tomtom using windows explorer and then connect it to TT home and let it just reinstall all the needed files and maps ?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not with a 910 it isn't, for a start it has 4GB of Loquendo TTS files that cannot be downloaded by the Home software, in fact the backups provided by the Home software used to rename all the files to lowercase making the text to speech function useless when you reinstalled the back up!

With a 910 I would only connect to Home for the occasional map update and nothing else to be honest, this is based upon experiance as I did have a 910 a few years ago, and yes, I spent hours renaming files thanks to the useless Home software when it botched the TTS files! - Mike
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Checking if files storred on my tom tom 910 are needed Reply with quote

jimmymerlin wrote:
Sorry, but I think I posted the query below in the wrong forum so I have re-submitted it


Moved to TomTom section..... Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Checking if files storred on my tom tom 910 are needed Reply with quote

jimmymerlin wrote:

I am aware, from previous correspondence on the forum, that I can only store a certain number of POI's on my device


That's not actually true... You can store HUNDREDS of POI files on the device, the issues begin when you have too many of them set to show on the map at once. Even then, there's no fixed linit (AFAIK) but thing start to slow down if you have more than a couple of dozen showing all the time.

jimmymerlin wrote:
so would like to see if I have stored mine in the most efficient manner or whether they should be stored in a different way.


About the only thing you could do is to combine categories together (if, for example, you had downloaded individual files for different bank's cash machines or for different brands of fuel, when in fact just knowing where the nearest one may be is all you really need.

But there really is NO issue having a load of extra files on the device if you aren't short of space, and I doubt you are, on a Go910!
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