[NTLK] Share A Storage Card

[Doug McComber]

Okay, I get it now.  And I do have a 4mb card for "brainwipe"
essentials.  It is read-only in the emate, but I suppose that doesn't
matter for this purpose.

Speaking of read-only, my Series 2+ iMC020FLSP card that should be
read/write (as far as I understand it) in the emate is coming up as read
only.  It gives me the "Writing to this type of card is unsupported.
This card will be mounted read-only." message and when I click the check
box for "save new info and packages on this card" (just for testing) it
gives me "This card is locked, you cannot store new items on it."

Like I said, it is my understanding that this type of card should be
writable by an emate (it is by my 2100).  Is this just some glitch that
might be fixed by erasing the card on the 2100 and then putting it in
the emate?  Is it a sign that the card is failing?

Thanks,
Doug M

On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:01 -0600, "Smith Woody" <woodysmith at me.com>
wrote:
> Mostly correct
> 
> You can only have one backup per card.
> You could use the one card card for Names/Dates/Notes, but it would be  
> safer to store this data internally and use backup-restore to keep  
> each device current.
> • Backup card
> • Move card to new device
> • Restore (unselect packages then select Names/Dates/Notes)
> 
> This procedure will assure current backup of data and is relatively  
> fast.
> It would be best if you had an additional card to keep essential  
> connection software stored in case of need for 'brainwipe', though  
> having these packages on the other device should be good enough.
> 
> Woody
> 
> On Mar 4, 2011, at 7:30 AM, Doug McComber wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for all the replies.  Alright, my card is a 5v type that works
> > read/write in the eMate.  Let me see if I have the main points  
> > correct:
> >
> > - can only backup 1 device per card, but
> > - can use 1 card to store names/dates/cal etc. for both devices
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Doug M
> 
> 
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