Actually, it wasn't a can of worms. People need to know about the possibility of losing data. I don't think anyone has panicked. I like Paul very much, but hearing him read the manual a dozen times... that wouldn't be my idea of fun! It would be much worse with the other voices!
At 08:19 AM 3/26/2008 -0400, you wrote:
My apologies for opening this can of worms. I merely wanted to agree that the manual is a good read, but you know you are desperate for something to read if you read it several times in one week.I don't think anyone really needs to be concerned about taking the Book Port through airport security. I have done so many times without incident.This was not the usual security check. As I said, everyone on the flight who had a device with a flash card, ended up with an empty one. I don't think there was anything any of us could have done to avoid this.So, just take your Book Port through security as usual. If you get subjected to a super security check and lose your files, read the manual again.Deborah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:12 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport Digest V5 #60That is why owning a case for the Bookport is a good idea. With the flap closed, accidentally formatting the card is less likely, especially if it is locked.At 02:57 PM 3/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:Hi:I don't have any experience with this, but my thought, too, is that since the command for reformatting the card is the 4 corner keys, they could have thrown it down in such a way as to have activated that command. If it bounced, then it reformatted the card. It's a stretch, but it would explain why it happened.Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT American Printing House For The Blind 1839 Frankfort Ave. Louisville, KY 40206 PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307 >>> morgan@xxxxxxxxxxx 03/25/08 01:25PM >>> Just a thought...I've been reading the posts about the loss of book files from a CF card after going through the X-ray machine in an airport. Sounds like an event that is not terribly likely to happen again. I've been on many hundreds of flights with my BookPort and always leave it in my briefcase which goes through the X-ray machine. I've never had a problem. I wonder if the problem might have been cause by something else is that the file structure on the card, albiet without book files, appeared OK, that is, it didn't seem to need reformatting. Wouldn't the card tell you that it needed formatting rather than there were no files -- I don't know the answer to that one. And, it did sound as though the Help file was intact.My gut says that repeatedly removing a CF card is potentially harder on the BookPort, card slot, and the CF card. If left in a purse, it'll go through X-rays anyway, and in a wallet, it can take a bit more of a beating if sat upon.Sandy Licht Jeremiah 29:11 - 14.For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity.
Sandy Licht Jeremiah 29:11 - 14.For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity.
