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 > Work Incentives Coordinator > NJ Commission for the Blind > and Visually Impaired > 153 Halsey St. > 6th Floor > Newark, NJ 07101 > (973)648-3082 > [log in to unmask] > fax: (973)648-3389 > NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired > Celebrating 100 Years of Service > 1910 - 2010 > > > > > -----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 >>> >>> (973)648-3082 >>> >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>> fax: (973)648-3389 >>> >>> >>> ---------- >>> This E-mail, including any attachments, may be intended solely for > the >>> personal >>> and confidential use of the sender and recipient(s) named above. This > >>> message >>> may include advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material and, > as >>> such, >>> would be privileged and confidential and not a public document. Any >>> Information >>> in this e-mail identifying a client of the Department of Human > Services >>> (DHS) is >>> confidential. 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