Dan Barber wrote:
> Hi,
> I am having problems trying to backup with NCU. I get a communication
> error -1 when I try to backup. There are no previous backup files as I have
> only used NBU before. I am using 38.4 as the speed and I even tried using
> slowdown program, but that did not work either. I start the backup, it gets
> to system information and then two seconds later the computer aborts and
> gives the -1 error.
>
> I have nothing running in the background, and I even did a clean boot then
> ran NCU. Same result. Has anyone else ran into this problem?
>
> BTW-I froze all the packages on my newton and it is a MP130. The funny
> thing is that NBU runs without a problem if I use slowdown.
It looks like you're using a Windows machine (slowdown), so here are my tips.
First, I used to have those problems before I've got Serial57600. As you may
have guessed, this let you make your backup at 57600 bps instead of the regular
38400 bps. So, that did care of a lot of communication errors I was getting. You
need to hack the Windows registry to make this work though, so, if you're not
familiar with the registry, I'd say forget it ;-)
The other trick I was using before, whenever I got those communication errors
was to launch TaskManager. Then, I select "ncu.exe" in the list of processes.
Right-click on it and a popup menu appears. Select "Set Priority -> Realtime".
Click "Yes" to the confirmation dialog that appears. Then, try to backup again.
-Laurent.
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