[bookport] Re: Copying Files to New Card
- From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:48:06 -0600
I have found the easiest way to find out how much space is taken up by a =
folder or drive is to highlight the folder or drive and press alt with =
enter to open properties. The full size of the folder is there.
HTH
Sarah
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scott Duck
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 1:08 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Copying Files to New Card
Larry,
How do I find out the allocation unit size on the cards? Also, is there =
any
quick way to find out how much space a directory takes up on my hard =
drive?
The files that I copied from the old card are numerous and it would take =
a
while to add up all of the individual file sizes. Windows Explorer =
doesn't
show directory sizes the way it shows file sizes.
Thanks,
Scott
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 12:15 PM
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 -----=20
> 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 -----=20
> > 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 -----=20
> > > 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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