[nabs-l] Backing up BrailleNotes. Questions About GettingNewLaptop

Tue Jun 21 02:43:07 UTC 2011

I know what I said about this, but I have to ask.  It did that 
out of the blue? You didn't hit the reset button or anything? 
Interesting.
Best,
Josh

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Bre B <jesusfreak262 at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
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Date sent: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:36:29 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Backing up BrailleNotes.  Questions About 
GettingNewLaptop

On 6/20/2011 10:31 PM, Humberto Avila wrote:
 I used to use USB thumb drives with my braille note all the 
time, and did
 not have to rely much on the internal memory.  The only thing I 
can think of
 possibly backing up is the settings files that KeySoft uses.
 On the braille note there is actually a menu item that does 
backup and
 restore functions...

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
 Of Anjelina
 Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 7:06 PM
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Backing up BrailleNotes.  Questions About 
Getting
 NewLaptop

 After years of using note takers you'd think I'd realize the 
importance of
 backing up files.  Just recently my BrailleNote quit working.  
It's undergoing

 some unknown surgical procedure at Humanware.  Hopefully my data 
wasn't lost.
 For those who use notetakers, how do you backup your 
information? Do you
 automatically save files on a sd car rather than the internal 
memory?
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Jorge Paez
 Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 9:52 PM
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop

 I lost an entire month's worth of a 2-month long project on my 
braillelite
 once.
 And I wasn't granted an extenssion so I ended up losing a ton of 
points.

 On Jun 20, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Josh Gregory wrote:

 I can relate, Rania.  I lost a very important English report 
just this
 year on my one BrailleNote when it crashed and practically had 
to start
 all over.  It's a good practice to back stuff up, on a flash 
drive, or
 anything like that.
 Best,
 Josh

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 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Rania Ismail CMT"<raniaismail04 at gmail.com
 To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
 <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:07:37 -0400
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop

 I'm not trying to scare you.  I'm just explaining what happened 
to me! I
 had
 a desktop with windows 98 on it and I had no problems with it.
 I don't understand why I had all those problems with the laptop.  
I have
 to
 say that I hope you don't experience a computer crash because 
that isn't
 any
 fun! I lost half of my project and had to get an extenchen on 
it!
 Rania,

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
 Behalf
 Of Humberto Avila
 Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 9:02 PM
 To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop

 Are you trying to scare the heck out of me? My desktop computer 
that I
 have
 at home is a dell computer and hopefully it won't crash on me in 
the
 middle
 of something and have to replace it completely! Thank god it is 
still
 working perfectly and great.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
 Behalf
 Of Rania Ismail CMT
 Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 5:57 PM
 To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop

 I didn't have a good experience with dell either!
 I delt with having the hard drive, the docking station, and the
 motherboard
 replaced over and over again! The hard drive crashed on me when 
I was in
 the
 middle of a project for school!
 The entire system was replaced after a year but again the same 
thing
 happened! I switched to HP and I am so much happier!
 Rania,

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
 Behalf
 Of Jorge Paez
 Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 8:52 PM
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop

 Maybe,
 but I have had terrible experiences with Dell.
 My last Dell gave me a blue screen of death after like 16 
months, every
 time
 I logged into my account at random intervals with XP.

 On Jun 20, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Bernadetta Pracon wrote:

 Kerri,
 First of all, it depends on what you need to use the laptop for.
 What functions do you need it to perform? Sometimes, spending a 
ton of
 money on a high end laptop when you only need it for basic 
purposes as
 opposed to, say, audio or video production, etc.  is not the 
wisest idea.
 The
 portability of a laptop is also key if you'll be traveling with 
it a lot.
 Some of the higher end laptops are bigger and bulkier, because 
it's
 technically impossible to fit all the overglamourousbells and 
wistles into
 a
 smaller unit.  That being said, smaller units, (13-inch - 
14-inch laptops)
 can be very fastand stable as well.  I don't mean  this about 
netbooks, by
 the way.  Those clearly have slower processors, as you probably 
know, and
 are
 more suitable as a backup computer.
 Tosheba, I heard, is actually not a great brand; I've seen a 
fewpeople get
 hosed on their laptops, actually.  Although I will agree with 
whoever said
 that Sony is overpriced.
 On that note, are you looking to buy abrand new computer,or 
would you be
 interested in a refurbished one? Going the refurbished rout is 
usually
 much
 cheaper, but still almost just as safe because the refurbished 
units have
 been serviced by the manufacturer right before they're sold and 
are in
 like-new working order.
 In fact, I actually happen to have a fully refurbished 
sixty-four byt
 compatible laptop that I'm not using at all because I have a few 
other
 computers on hand; I wouldn't mind selling it if you're 
interested.  I am
 fully aware that this list isn't one for sales pitches,and I'm 
not trying
 to
 use it as such--Just something that popped into mind.  If you're
 interested
 and want more info on it, feel free to write me off-list at
 bernadetta_pracon at samobile.net.

 HTH

 Bernadetta

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I always save everything to a storage card immediately.  This 
method has
saved me in a lot of situations with my note taker.
One time my note taker did a factory reset out of the blue.  It 
scared me
to death because it was semester exam time, but fortunately 
everything
was on that card.  That was some definite relief.

Bre

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