Re: [NTLK] Reset question

From: doppler (roman_at_pixell.net)
Date: Sat Dec 27 2003 - 13:52:12 PST


03-12-27 14.39, skrev Jon Glass på jonglass_at_usa.net följande:

>> so, the morale is - always try to unmount the card before resetting with the
>> hardware button on the back of the newt!
>
> Eh what??? I've never heard this before...
>
> Or are you all talking about a hard reset, or what we like to call a "brain
> wipe"? I've done hundreds of simple resets with cards in, from a 120 right
> on up to a 2100, and never experienced a single problem. Yet, it is know
> that doing a brain wipe with a card in can and probably will damage a card.
> One should always eject a card before doing a brain wipe which will wipe all
> data from a Newton. But the two aren't the same thing....

im talking about pressing the reset button at the back of the unit with the
card in. dont do it! rather, unmount (and remove) any memory card before
resetting.

im speaking from personal experiences (happened twice)

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