Re: [NTLK] newton works alphabatizing question and thanks

From: Mike Hamende (mhamende_at_tsl.state.tx.us)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 12:14:14 EST

Yes you get the dialog box, but when you check the erase box it tries
and says it is not writable. I thought maybe someone had hacked around
that to make use of all those Getting Started cards floating around ebay.

Thanks.

Mike

Laurent Daudelin wrote:

>On 28/01/02 10:52, "Mike Hamende" <mhamende_at_tsl.state.tx.us> wrote:
>
>>Will this work to erase the Getting Started cards and use them as storage?
>>
>>Has anyone figured out how to do this or is it impossible?
>>
>>I have a bunch of these cards and thought they would make good storage,
>>if one could get them to read and write.
>>
>>I have read the FAQ and not found any reference to this.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>Victor Rehorst wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>>>
>>>>on 27/01/02 02:25, Gumyee_at_aol.com at Gumyee_at_aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>First, I want to thank everyone for answering my questions, people are very
>>>>>helpful. I loaded up my 2100, but the guy that said "murphy's law" was
>>>>>right.
>>>>>I backup (2000)and then restored (to 2100) and then did it again...finally
>>>>>I
>>>>>just loaded the few extra things I kept finding missing onto a card and
>>>>>stuck
>>>>>it into the 2100 to restore...yeah! Still can't figure out why those few
>>>>>things were gone, but oh well...
>>>>>
>>>>Some packages may have a protection bit set, so that they can't be copied,
>>>>duplicated or otherwise moved...
>>>>
>>>...unless you have EEUnprotect installed, which is a little extention that
>>>causes the OS to ignore this bit:
>>>
>>>http://www.unna.org/unna/utilites/system_enhancements/EEUnProtect/
>>>
>
>This EEUnprotect thing won't help you erase your "Getting Started" cards.
>I'm not sure that those can be erased. What you can do would be to open the
>prefs, then insert your "Getting Started" card. Usually, with an erasable
>flash RAM card, you should be presented with a dialog asking you if you
>really want to completely erase the card. If that confirmation dialog
>doesn't pop up when you insert your "Getting Started" card, then I would
>guess that the card is not writable.
>
>-Laurent.
> 

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