[nabs-l] Backing up BrailleNotes. Questions About GettingNewLaptop
Katie Wang
bunnykatie6 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 21 03:27:14 UTC 2011
Hi, Anjelina,
As others have mentioned, the Braille Note takes a compact flash
card, a SD card, or a USB flash drive, so you can copy your data onto
any one of those storage devices. For regular documents, I find
copying folders and files using the File Manager most efficient, but
the Back Up function under Utilities Menu is particularly handy when
you have to back up data files such as entries in your address book or
email messages-- You have to back up the KeyList and Keymail folders
in their entirety as the data are stored in hidden files that do not
automatically show up in File Manager. I admit that this is perhaps
one of the trickiest aspects of KeySoft so feel free to let me know if
you have any specific questions as well!
One note of caution: Yes, it is a good idea to copy your files
regularly onto external storage, but don't create/edit files directly
from an external drive or storage card. For some reason, the Braille
Note has an unpredictable tendency of erasing the entire document when
you exit KeyWord if you are editing from somewhere other than the
Flash Disk, and i have lost huge chunks of information that way. It is
possible that they have fixed this bug in the Apex though. Hope that
helps!
Katie
On 6/20/11, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> sent from my Apex
> Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bre B <jesusfreak262 at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> 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
>
> sent from my Apex
> Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
>
> ----- 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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