"Not enough space" when downloading new map

epoch · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 36

Hi all.

So finally TomTom make the 7.10 maps available for my Go 720 (thanks to a very helpful 'John G' at TomTom - by far the most helpful I've encountered).

The map appears in my update list.

However, when I click on it to download I get a message saying "Not enough space on device".

The download is 1.8GB.

What's the best approach to this? I've already made a complete backup copy of the Go, just in case (seperate from Home's backup).

I assume I'll need to delete something, but what? And if there's a problem with those maps, can I just copy my backup back onto the TomTom ?

Thanks in advance.

LesMiserable · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject:

Best to buy a 2 Gig SD card, then transfer all your existing data over then download the neweer map onto it.
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Andy_P · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject:

dhn · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject:

franb · Banned Joined: Aug 10, 2007 Posts: 244

When I (finally) got & d/loaded my "Latest Map Guarantee" v710 Euro map (albeit the smaller version) it overwrote various files in the Euro map folder & root. It didn't say there's no room (which there obvioualy was plenty of) or to delete/remove previous version first.

That's using TTHome & LMG, maybe it's different if you BUY a later map?

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject:

That's what it sounds like.
Normally when you BUY a map (even of the same territory), it downloads into a new folder leaving the old one intact.
Various people have recently been saying that they were suprised to find that their POIs were still intact on a new map. Now, that implies that either Home is being clever and copying them all across from one folder to another, OR that it is no longer making a new map folder, but is overwriting data in your existing one. No-one who's said that has reported back what exactly WAS going on though.

xda · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:17 am Post subject:

See my previous post where I said that after the update the POI files previously installed were still intact.

When the new map was available to download in Home 2 it said there was not enough room and needed to have space created on the device.
I selected to delete the Western European Map which Home 2 did, and it started downloading the new one.
What I failed to do was open My Computer and take a look at the "T" drive which is the TomTom Go720 internal storage when docked to the PC to see just what it deleted.

During the install it shows what files are being installed, the last ones were all the PocketGPSWorld Camera files and some but not all of my own POI's. It also retained the additional downloaded TomTom gbr_doctor.inf and .ov2 files.

All the previous MapShare files CA****.ov2 & PA****.ov2 had gone.

There was no evidence of a new Western Europe folder being created but it gave the impression that it had only deleted the TomTom files that it was going to replace or overwrite within the map folder.

After the install I did have to re-setup all the POI warnings, re-do some of the map corrections.

I might do this update again when I get back from Alton this weekend to see just what it is deleting prior to the update downloading.
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Oldboy · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:58 am Post subject:

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xda · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:35 am Post subject:

That's the difference between a 4GB hard drive and 2GB flash memory. With everything installed only have about 120MB free.
I suppose I could have installed to the 4GB SD Card but would have had to delete 3.5GB's of MP3's and Photos etc.
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Map: Europe V910.4892
Map: Europe_Truck V870.3421, Kingston 8GB SD
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epoch · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 36

Grrrr!

The map download is 1988MB.

I tried removing the Western Europe and Canary Isles maps from the TomTom and TTHome still says there's not enough space.

So, I got a 2GB SD card. But stupid "IT Professional" me forgot to consider that a 2GB card is only about 1.91GB formatted. So - not enough room there either.

I really don't want to go buy a 4GB SD card.

Is there anything on the TomTom I can safely remove (as well as the maps)?

Thanks in advance.

furryfred · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject:

I haven't doen this on my 700 as yet because I got the same message about space.

When it downloads what name does it give the map file?

Is it possible to download it onto the computer and then, if it is the same name just drag the contents onto the old map folder? This would keep all the pois and ogg.files whilst updating the rest of the files - assuming that they all have he same names!

The alternative would seem to be to drag the pois etc into the new file?

But I may be talking through my hat!
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Oldboy · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject:

HOME doesn't give you the Option of Installing to another location. Unlike the pre-HOME Installation method.
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epoch · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 36

I've had a good look through the TomTom filesystem and the only thing I could see which warranted removal was some audio book demos. Even with them, and the WE and Canary Islands maps gone, there was still nowhere near enough space.

Looks like a 4GB SD card is the only option. They're cheap enough, but it's still bloody annoying that TomTom release an update that won't even fit on the target device.

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