I think we really need more details. That "General failure" message (which is a Windows message) almost always contains the actual reason for the problem. I've normally seen it in conjunction with a bad floppy disk back when I still used them (General failure reading Drive A). If she can get the complete message, it'd be a big help. Right now, I'm just guessing that the CF card wasn't recognized--it was inserted, I assume. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Goodine" <al419@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "bookport" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 9:37 PM Subject: [bookport] getting bp updates My friend connected her bookport for the upgrade and we got a message saying "general failure." and something not complete, zero percent. The bettery level is high enough and the option is set to download updates at startup. What might be wrong here? Thank you. Lois -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.2/294 - Release Date: 3/27/2006