[bookport] Re: can of worms Re: Re: bookport Digest V5 #60

  • From: "constantine (on laptop)" <tcwood12@xxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:11:44 -0600

Well, heres a suggestion! I know its annoying, but take the batteries out of it! That's what I do. Then I know for a fact my data is stil there. all that needs resetting is the time, date, etc.



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AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 2.0 GHZ, 2512 mb DDR ram( hopefully!), Fujitsu 100 gb 4500 RPM Hard Drive ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marta Rodriguez" <yerbabruja@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:54 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: can of worms Re: Re: bookport Digest V5 #60


Sounds like what she went through was some really intense electronic scrutiny if other people's CF cards were equally wiped of data. I would suggest that perhaps people might want to make an extra copy of the material in the bookport onto another CF card, so that if the card on the unit were erased, one would at least have the data to read once one reaches one's destination. Doesn't solve the problem of what to read while on the plane, but at least one would have the
books.

Marta
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:13:06 -0500, Sandy Licht wrote:


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 #60


That 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.





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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.






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