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flatlander Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jun 19, 2007 Posts: 23
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Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject: XL not shown in my computer |
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Hi
I need to run my XL one GB off an sd card but i can't get the device to be shown in my computer
It runs OK in TT Home but i need to copy from device to my PC then to a 2gb SD card. then delete content from the device
Can anyone help?
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14892 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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Connect up and when you have Home running, start Windows Explorer too and use it to look for the disk drive occupied by the device - E, F, G, whatever - my three come up as M, Q and S. It MUST be there, can't be seen by Home unless it IS there.
(Have you tried connecting with a blank SD card in the slot? - it would ask which you wish to connect to, internal or external memory).
Why on earth delete the TT content and run from an SD card. The card is useful for additional stuff (extra maps, text files, music files, photos, whatever additional stuff the XL is capable of handling), not as a replacement for the internal memory, which MUST surely be faster than reading the card? _________________ Dennis
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7043 Location: Reading
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 7:12 am Post subject: |
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Some devices can have trouble gaining a drive letter if the next available slot is used by a network device.
If you have for example:
C:\ Windows
D:\ CDROM
E:\ Networked drive
Then attached devices cannot sometimes seem to jump past the E:\
Remap the networked drive further down the list leaving E:\ free and that may be the answer.
Also, ensure that you have no USB flash drives attached when attaching the TT _________________ Satnav:
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Don't forget the One XL CANNOT share the internal Flash memory and the storage card, it can only use one or the other.
If, when it boots up it finds the TomTom system on the SD card it will boot from the card, all the required files MUST be resident on the card.
If when it boots up it cannot find the TomTom system on the SD card it will boot from the Internal Flash memory and use data only from the Internal Memory, the data on the SD card will not be seen by the device.
Only the x20/ x30 devices can "share" storage locations allowing a user to expand the internal flash memory by fitment of a larger SD card.
I would use Windows Explorer to copy the data from the device to the PC, then get an SD card reader to write the files to the SD card rather than using the TomTom as a card reader - Mike |
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flatlander Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Sorted
Many thanks
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