[bookport] Re: Copying Files to New Card
- From: "Scott Duck" <sduck@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:40:30 -0600
I pasted the files from Windows Explorer.
Thanks,
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." <kramk@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Copying Files to New Card
> Scott and Larry,
>
> Did you paste the files onto your new card on the Bookport (F: drive) from
Windows Explorer?
>
> I've been confused about this. Can we paste files such as this (files that
have already been formatted through the Transfer software) or do we need to
send them again through the Transfer software?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 12:16 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Copying Files to New Card
>
> I don't have any idea.
> You could probably look at a few tings:
> What is the allocation unit size on the old and new cards?
> What size does the set of files show up as on your hard drive?
>
> >>> sduck@xxxxxxxxx Monday, March 28, 2005 12:43:18 PM >>>
> Larry,
> Do you have any idea what could be causing the discrepancy with regard to
my old and new Flash cards? Should I wait until this is resolved before I
start transferring files to the new card? Scandisk shows that the new card
is OK but it seams that something must be wrong somewhere. Can you give me
an idea as to where to look for the problem?
> Thanks,
> Scott
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Duck" <sduck@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 9:49 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Copying Files to New Card
>
>
> > Larry,
> > The original card is the one that came with the BP and I have not
> > reformatted it.
> > Thanks,
> > Scott
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 9:34 AM
> > Subject: [bookport] Re: Copying Files to New Card
> >
> >
> > > No actually, you do want to format on the device. Was the original
> card
> > > formatted on the BP as well?
> > >
> > >
> > > >>> sduck@xxxxxxxxx Monday, March 28, 2005 10:26:51 AM >>>
> > > Larry,
> > > I formatted the card on the BP by using 1+3+D+F. Should I not
> have
> > > formatted it?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Scott
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 9:13 AM
> > > Subject: [bookport] Re: Copying Files to New Card
> > >
> > >
> > > > Did you format the new card on the BP itself. That difference
> could
> > > be
> > > > accounted for in the size of the allocation units on the card.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >>> sduck@xxxxxxxxx Monday, March 28, 2005 10:07:19 AM >>>
> > > > Good morning everyone,
> > > > On Friday, I purchased a 512MB Sandisk Compact Flash Card. I
> then
> > > > proceeded to copy the contents of the old card to the new card,
> as
> > > > follows. With the old card inserted, I connected the BP. I went
> into
> > > > Windows Explorer and selected drive F, which is my BP drive. In
> > > folder
> > > > options, I turned on show hidden files. I selected the entire
> > > contents
> > > > of the root directory of the BP and copied it to the clipboard.
> I
> > > then
> > > > went to a new directory on my hard drive, which had been created
> for
> > > > this, and pasted the files that I had just selected into that
> > > directory.
> > > > I disconnected the BP, inserted the new card, formatted the
> card,
> > > and
> > > > reconnected the BP. I selected all of the files that I had just
> > > copied
> > > > to my hard drive and copied them to the clipboard. I went back to
> the
> > > F
> > > > drive and pasted the files. Now, here is the problem. With the
> old
> > > card
> > > > inserted, the BP transfer software shows 122MB total, 3MB free.
> If
> > > you
> > > > do the math, that means that 119MB are used. With the new card
> > > inserted,
> > > > the
> > > > transfer software shows 488MB total, 385MB free, which means
> that
> > > > 103MB are used. All of my files appear to be on the new card and
> I
> > > > haven't had any trouble reading any of them yet but I haven't
> tried
> > > to
> > > > read all of them. Everything seams to be working fine but it
> appears
> > > > that about 16MB got lost along the way. I am puzzled. Please
> help!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Scott
> > > >
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