[bookport] Re: having a bit of a problem
- From: lana <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:44:34 -0700
That's why, even though I have a stream and use it, I still love my bookport.
----- source message -----
from: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxx>
to: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
date: 2008/02/08 01:58:35
subject: [bookport] Re: having a bit of a problem
>
>
> I don't even bother with the transfer software. Once it has
> transfered files once, I just use the normal copying and such to
> move everything around. As long as you keep the exact file names
> intact and make sure everything is in the folders the software
> put it in, you are fine. Copying and pasting should be no
> problem. I have done a lot with files on my braillenote, even
> renameing some, but as long as I put the names back the bp acted
> like nothing had happened.
>
> Have a great day,
> Alex
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Yerba Bruja" <yerbabruja@xxxxxxxx
> >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date sent: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:50:12 -0500
> >Subject: [bookport] Re: having a bit of a problem
>
> >I'm not sure that it can be that simple, for though you can move
> the entire
> >bookport folders to your hard drive without any problems, each
> time you
> >transfer something to the bookport, the transfer software also
> loads onto
> >the bookport indexing files and other files that the folders
> already have.
> >I don't know if the transfer software will simply acknowledging
> the existing
> >bookport files that were transferred with the books originally.
>
> >Marta
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "constantine (on laptop)" <tcwood12@xxxxxxx
> >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:39 PM
> >Subject: [bookport] Re: having a bit of a problem
>
>
> >> Ow, that is going to take a long, long time...I can't just move
> the books
> >> folder to my hard drive, format the card, then transfer the
> books folder
> >> back onto the root of book port?
>
> >> thanks
>
>
> >> contact details:
>
> >> email: tcwood12@xxxxxxx
> >> msn: the_conman283@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> skype: the_conman283
>
> >> system details:
> >> Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc
> >> AMD Tourin 64 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, Fujitsu 100 gb 4500 RPM
> HDD
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Yerba Bruja" <yerbabruja@xxxxxxxx
> >> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:37 PM
> >> Subject: [bookport] Re: having a bit of a problem
>
>
> >>> What I would suggest is that if your computer is back in order,
> that you
> >>> transfer the books back to the computer, and either reformat
> your card
> >>> and retransfer, or try transferring them to a new card.
>
> >>> Unfortunately, you'll have to transfer the books back to the
> computer
> >>> manually. That is, you'll have to look for the bookport root
> directory
> >>> through my computer or Windows Explorer, which will identify it
> as usb
> >>> mass storage device drive e or f etc. depending on how many
> more drives
> >>> you have on your machine.
>
> >>> Then you'll have to go into the folders, if you set any up, and
> look for
> >>> the files that you transferred. The files that you're looking
> for are
> >>> those that only have the txt extensions, if that's how you
> formatted all
> >>> the books you transferred. Ignore the files that have ix
> extensions or
> >>> other extensions that you do not recognize. From here you can
> either
> >>> remove each file with a control X and transfer them to the
> desired folder
> >>> on your computer, using a control V, or you can open the file,
> and then
> >>> use the save as command to save it to the folder you want.
>
> >>> Marta
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "constantine (on laptop)" <tcwood12@xxxxxxx
> >>> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:19 PM
> >>> Subject: [bookport] having a bit of a problem
>
>
> >>> Hi, all
>
> >>> Well, heres my problem. I was reading a book a while back and
> the volume
> >>> kind of went softer, this is a text file, btw. So I hit stop,
> (number 2),
> >>> and nothing happens. I hit 2+b, and so I got fs card fail. I
> went to play
> >>> the file again, or make doubletalk speak again I mean, but it
> said there
> >>> were no files. What I did then was removed the batteries, put
> them back
> >>> in. it worked just beautifully, I reset my settings, went back
> to my
> >>> reading, (of course it left off at the place at which I'd
> started reading
> >>> to begin with), so I moved to where it gave me issues, started
> reading
> >>> again. so we get to about 10 more minutes into it, and I hear
> buffer
> >>> overflow, moving on. Buffer overflow, moving on. What exactly
> does this
> >>> mean? What should I do? I don't want to have to format the flash
> card
> >>> because i have books on it that I don't have on my laptop
> anymore, mainly
> >>> due to a reformat of the hard drive. Can I somehow back these
> up, anyway?
> >>> This has been doing it off and on. I'm not sure what I did, but
> it worked
> >>> fine for a while, but its recently started again, and its
> somewhat
> >>> frustrating. I've been using my ipod to read audiobooks, but
> this just
> >>> goes to show how great the bookport is, I can't live without it.
> If I can
> >>> back up files, which extention should I look for? (each file has
> these
> >>> underline, for example, underline db or some such. Can I just
> delete the
> >>> underline from a certain file so I can retransfer it? Or is
> there another
> >>> way to fix this issue? I'm sort of hard put to transfer those
> html books
> >>> back to the unit, I find it tedius to go into internet explorer
> for each
> >>> file, hit applications, and send to book port. I know it can be
> done from
> >>> book port transfer, but for some reason some html files look,
> well, very
> >>> wierd on the unit, I get the <p> and </P> taggs, which, well, I
> can't
> >>> read with those, heh, I can't concentrate on the book. Sending
> from
> >>> internet explorer seemed to fix this issue. I'm not saying its
> annoying,
> >>> it just involves a bit more concentration and time, which I
> guess I have,
> >>> that is, if I can back up this here flash card at all (that's
> about hmmm,
> >>> I can't even count, about 400 mb of text files), no idea how
> many files,
> >>> perhaps 1000? 2000? quite a few, anyway...why do I even have so
> many when
> >>> you can only read one book at a time? no idea! guess they just
> built up
> >>> over the years...<grin>.
>
>
> >>> thanks,
> >>> Have a good day from Tyler C. Wood!
>
> >>> contact details:
>
> >>> email: tcwood12@xxxxxxx
> >>> msn: the_conman283@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> skype: the_conman283
>
> >>> system details:
> >>> Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc
> >>> AMD Tourin 64 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, Fujitsu 100 gb 4500 RPM
> HDD
>
>
> >>>
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