[bookport] Re: Defragmenting the compact flash card

  • From: "Francis E. Khan" <fekhan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 09:30:51 -0400

Thanks: Will do.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 10:23 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Defragmenting the compact flash card


> Defraging the card won't help with that, but I have found a way to get the
> books back in to alphabetical order. You will probably need a separate 
> card
> reader for this to work. Connect your card reader, and copy all of the 
> files
> from your flash card to your hard drive. Now reformat the flash card, and
> then copy all of the files back to the card. I do that sometimes after 
> I've
> sent a lot of files, and it really helps to get them back in name order.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Francis E. Khan" <fekhan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:08 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Defragmenting the compact flash card
>
>
>> Hello BookPort users:
>> Has anyone tried to defrag the flash card on the BookPort the same way
> that it is done on the local disk drive on a computer?  The only reason I
> haven't tried it yet is because I have only one card just now but when I
> visit the U.S. to attend the ATIA Conference in Orlando later this month I
> will acquire some larger cards than the 128 MB card in the BookPort.
>>
>> When I have finished with a book it is deleted and when I send more stuff
> to the Book Port the files do not load contiguously.
>>
>> Francis Khan
>>
>>
>
> 


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