Joybringer
Registered user
Whilst gaily copying gigabytes of music files and playlists to a 4Gb Micro SD card inserted withing the 660, in preparation for trip to the South of France tomorrow, I noticed, using Windows File Explorer, that I managed to copy some files to the zumo unit's internal flash drive, rather than the card.
Easy-peasy, I thought. So I just dragged and dropped the files and folders from one t'other, and hey presto, fanny's yer aunt.
Or so I thought.
Later, when I reconnected my zumo to transfer some routes, it wouldn't work. It wasn't being recognised as a device, the blue triangle drive icon wasn't displaying (even though it was on the root of the zumo's internal drive), there were no maps or configuration files, and when I did manage to connect and look at the flash drive, it was practically empty. I was not a happy bunny.
I discovered that I had moved the 'Garmin' folder to the memory card!
Stupid thing to do, but I thought I'd simply move it back and it would work.
Sadly, it didn't! Somewhere in the transfer, something became corrupted, or lost, and even with the help of Garmin's excellent telephone support team and a full system reset and maps reinstall, we just couldn't get the thing to work properly.
So, I ended up driving a 180mile round trip to collect a replacement unit, free of charge, ready-charged and loaded with all the latest goodies, and without p-taking from Garmin. Very no-fuss attitude. Thanks, Steve
The moral of the story is:-
If you're copying Music files, or Routes or Waypoints, etc to your zumo, do it to the memory card installed in a separate card reader/writer and out of the actual zumo. This way, it removes the human error element of getting confused with drive letters etc., especially if you also name the memory card's volume label to something obvious, like MUSIC!
This may be old-hat for the more seasoned 550/660 users, but for me it was a vital learning curve!
Yoy
Easy-peasy, I thought. So I just dragged and dropped the files and folders from one t'other, and hey presto, fanny's yer aunt.
Or so I thought.
Later, when I reconnected my zumo to transfer some routes, it wouldn't work. It wasn't being recognised as a device, the blue triangle drive icon wasn't displaying (even though it was on the root of the zumo's internal drive), there were no maps or configuration files, and when I did manage to connect and look at the flash drive, it was practically empty. I was not a happy bunny.
I discovered that I had moved the 'Garmin' folder to the memory card!
Stupid thing to do, but I thought I'd simply move it back and it would work.Sadly, it didn't! Somewhere in the transfer, something became corrupted, or lost, and even with the help of Garmin's excellent telephone support team and a full system reset and maps reinstall, we just couldn't get the thing to work properly.
So, I ended up driving a 180mile round trip to collect a replacement unit, free of charge, ready-charged and loaded with all the latest goodies, and without p-taking from Garmin. Very no-fuss attitude. Thanks, Steve
The moral of the story is:-
If you're copying Music files, or Routes or Waypoints, etc to your zumo, do it to the memory card installed in a separate card reader/writer and out of the actual zumo. This way, it removes the human error element of getting confused with drive letters etc., especially if you also name the memory card's volume label to something obvious, like MUSIC!
This may be old-hat for the more seasoned 550/660 users, but for me it was a vital learning curve!
Yoy
I looked at properties and quickly sorted out which was which, but I can't remember having anything automatically move files on insertion before.
