[nabs-l] Backing up BrailleNotes. Questions About Getting NewLaptop
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Tue Jun 21 16:18:48 UTC 2011
Hi Angie,
I have a BrailleNote Apex, and I back files up onto my thumb
drive. Here's how to do it: first put your thumb drive into the
USB port. Then, go to the utilities menu and select backup and
restore files. Press Enter on this option. At the prompt that
says "do you wish to backup or restore files," hit b for backup.
It will then ask you which drive (select flash disk) and folder
to back up. If you want to back up everything on your
BrailleNote's flash disk, I would hit a for all. This is the
default. After pressing Enter to select the folder (or all of
them) that you want to back up, it will ask you what drive to
make the backup on. If you're making the backup on a thumb
drive, select hard disk, and if you're making it on an SD card
select SD card. Then it will ask you what folder you want to
make the backup in. The BrailleNote will automatically make a
folder called (the date of the backup) backup. So, if you made
it today, the folder would be called June 21, 2011 backup. Hit
enter, and it will copy the files. Once it tells you how many
files are copied, and puts you back in the utilities menu, you're
done! Hope this helps!
Chris
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Sent from my BrailleNote
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anjelina" <anjelinac26 at gmail.com
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:05:34 -0400
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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