JMckie
07-17-2005, 12:01 PM
I've read many posts where people lost their data while travelling. I didn't think it would happen to me.
On a five-week trip, I brought along my Axim, GPS10, iQue 3600, and install CDs. I prepared my desktop for remote access and FTP, so that I could get whatever I needed remotely. I left the laptop behind. I was prepared, and everything was working nicely.
Somewhere in the middle of the trip, my desktop at home stopped responding. Later on I would find out that there was a power outage, and even though I had a UPS, my PC simply powered off.
I read about the magnetic mishaps when you put a strong magnet next to your credit cards. I was consciously of this, but just one time, I absentmindedly put them in the same pocket. I don't have to tell you what a hassle it is to not be able to use your ATM and credit cards while travelling. Two cards got clobbered. (For this reason alone, I consider the GPS10 unsuitable for handheld use. The potential for accidents is just too great)
Then my 1Gb Lexar SD on the Axim got corrupted. One day it was working, when I woke up I had lost 80% of the data on it. I don't know what happened. On scanning the forums I discovered that this was not uncommon. I know four people personally who own PPCs. It turns out it has happened to all of them.
I lost all the data in the "My Documents" folder of the SD card. I also lost access to all the the apps on the card, including the Que software and most of the games. (Now I am thinking of getting a large CF card just so I can backup the SD card. I just won't keep any personal data on the CF card, just media files.)
After reformatting the SD card the first thing I did was to make a new backup of the system. Which was a good thing because:
Two days later, I was watching on my Axim (through wifi streaming) and the thing just froze. I tried to reset and all I got was a dark screen. I had to hard reset to recover. In four months this was my first hard reset of the unit. I was able to restore from the recent backup.
The remainder of the trip I used the trusty iQue 3600 for GPSing, who this time didn't let me down.
On a five-week trip, I brought along my Axim, GPS10, iQue 3600, and install CDs. I prepared my desktop for remote access and FTP, so that I could get whatever I needed remotely. I left the laptop behind. I was prepared, and everything was working nicely.
Somewhere in the middle of the trip, my desktop at home stopped responding. Later on I would find out that there was a power outage, and even though I had a UPS, my PC simply powered off.
I read about the magnetic mishaps when you put a strong magnet next to your credit cards. I was consciously of this, but just one time, I absentmindedly put them in the same pocket. I don't have to tell you what a hassle it is to not be able to use your ATM and credit cards while travelling. Two cards got clobbered. (For this reason alone, I consider the GPS10 unsuitable for handheld use. The potential for accidents is just too great)
Then my 1Gb Lexar SD on the Axim got corrupted. One day it was working, when I woke up I had lost 80% of the data on it. I don't know what happened. On scanning the forums I discovered that this was not uncommon. I know four people personally who own PPCs. It turns out it has happened to all of them.
I lost all the data in the "My Documents" folder of the SD card. I also lost access to all the the apps on the card, including the Que software and most of the games. (Now I am thinking of getting a large CF card just so I can backup the SD card. I just won't keep any personal data on the CF card, just media files.)
After reformatting the SD card the first thing I did was to make a new backup of the system. Which was a good thing because:
Two days later, I was watching on my Axim (through wifi streaming) and the thing just froze. I tried to reset and all I got was a dark screen. I had to hard reset to recover. In four months this was my first hard reset of the unit. I was able to restore from the recent backup.
The remainder of the trip I used the trusty iQue 3600 for GPSing, who this time didn't let me down.