An ill-timed jar to the victor can do it.


On Tue, 12 Oct 2010, Annemarie Cooke wrote:

> Penny, I echo your question. Never in all the years of using a VR Stream
> have I encountered a Media Error 3  until this past month. VR Streams
> encountered all the usual wear and tear of commuting, occasional
> dropping onto thickly carpeted surface, etc. with nary a peep related to
> an error, all with a 4  gig card in the slot.
> I  am wondering if there is a new manufacturer of the Stream and there
> is a  production issue with the past couple of batches?
> Thanks,
>
> Annemarie Cooke
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian and Denise
> Albriton
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 4:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] solving the Media Error 3 on VR Stream
>
> Hi, Penny. Even the bestof SD cards can go south. I don't believe the
> stream is any harder on them than the computers we attach them too.
> Someone else will probably have more technical specifics as to what
> causes
> the card to become corrupted.
> The only thing I know for sure is things can happen to data during the
> transfer process.
>
>  On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, Penny Reeder wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>> I have another question.  Now, just in the last week, I have heard of
> at
>> least people, in addition to myself, who have encountered this
> situation with
>> 8 gig SD cards.  I had a similar experience a couple of weeks ago.  My
> SD
>> card had been only either in my card reader attached to the usb
> connection on
>> my computer or inside the stream, yet it totally quit working, and I
> was
>> unable to retrieve any of the 31 books that I had stored there.
>>
>> Is there something about the Stream that perhaps corrupts our SD cards
> after
>> we have been using them for a couple of years?
>>
>> When I mentioned this situation and asked this question of Humanware's
>
>> technical support, the person I was speaking to suggested that my card
> was
>> probably inferior, but it was a standard brand, not some discount
> knock off,
>> and I actually found that implication kind of indulting.
>>
>> Penny
>>
>>
>> At 08:15 PM 10/6/2010, Tom Lange wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Wow, is this timely or what?  I just discovered that I'm getting
> media
>>> error 3's on a couple of SD cards in my collection, so I'll have to
> try
>>> this procedure.  One of my students is also having trouble with some
> of her
>>> cards.
>>>
>>> I have a couple of questions.
>>> 1. What causes the media error 3 in the first place? Does that always
>
>>> indicate a corrupted file system, or can it be that the Stream just
> can't
>>> handle certain brands of cards that are 8 gigs or larger?
>>>
>>> 2. if I create the new profile on the Stream as you described, will I
> need
>>> to then replace any UAKs that I have? I've got one for BARD and one
> for
>>> RFB&D.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Tom Lange
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>Annemarie Cooke
>>> To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 11:53 AM
>>> Subject: [VICUG-L] solving the Media Error 3 on VR Stream
>>>
>>> Thanks to the tech support folks at Humanware, and using their
> suggestions
>>> by trial and error, I seem to have fixed the problem of the Media
> Error 3
>>> announcement from my VR  Strem. Here's how to fix it.
>>> First, create new folders to back up the contents of the SD card (use
> a
>>> card reader for this). Transferring 22 RFB&D and NLS books took 49
> minutes.
>>> Then, when files are replicated (include your Text, Notes, and
> whatever
>>> else you had), reformat the card. Click on the drive holding the card
> and
>>> choose Format option. This will erase any old data.
>>> But you have a backup so it' okay.
>>>
>>> Meantime, shut off the Stream. Hold down the Bookmark key and 5  key
>>> simultaneously as you turn the device back on. You will hear the
>>> announcement "Creating  New Profile".
>>>
>>> Now, take your re-formatted card in its card reader and copy and
> paste your
>>> backed up files onto it. When you're done, be sure to select "Safely
>>> Remove" before you unplug the card reader from the USB port.
>>>
>>> Put the card back in the Stream and turn the device on. Voila!! It
> should
>>> work perfectly!!
>>>
>>> That's what happened last night and I was comfortably ensconced in
> the book
>>> I had to interrupt reading when the Stream started acting up. Whaddya
> know:
>>> "Media Error 3" says the Stream and that was that. Turns out to have
> been
>>> the SD card, apparently corrupted beyond repair. Fortunately, I had a
>
>>> second SD card which I  formatted and then onto which I copied the
> backed
>>> up files.
>>>
>>> So far, so good! So give it a shot, Penny and the rest of you who
> reported
>>> similar problems.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Annemarie Cooke
>>>
>>> Work Incentives Coordinator
>>>
>>> NJ Commission for the Blind
>>>
>>> and Visually Impaired
>>>
>>> 153 Halsey St.
>>>
>>> 6th Floor
>>>
>>> Newark, NJ 07101
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