gps gone to heaven! every gps mark lost!
headed out saturday to try boat a feed, about half way out and the gps starts playin up (ohh nooo) but lil did i know by the time i was almost at my first mark she was completely dead and was in fish heaven... :(. tryed everything i could to get her back but no luck. it still hasnt sunk in that i am back where i started a fair few years ago. spotless... i thought instead of crying and beating myself blue i would celebrate her death, even gave her a burial. lol so just thought id put up a few pics of the fish she got me (excuse the rude head in pic1) and go get a new one. ( got the hds) now just need to go find all the lumps again. eery feeling starting from scatch again but thats life. just gratefull to have a tub. so if anyone has any spots and cant access a tub just send us a pm and were out the next day the weather gods shine on us. RIP gurtie, fun times...
Paul H
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Sorry to hear that's a bummer
Sorry to hear that's a bummer - Guess you don't want to hear this - but back up - back up - back up.
I keep mine all written down on a word doc and every so often I update any new marks. I then back up the word doc on a couple of different hard drives (including our work one which has 3 additional backups).
I'm guessing you'll keep a record of any new marks you'll fine.
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Dreamtime
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soooo right!
was only thinking that very thought about 2 weeks ago max, have learnt the very hard way now... guess my lesson serves a purpose... hopefully it reminds a few fellow fw members to do the same.
little johnny
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i have 3 gps units on
boat ,and hand held. i feel for you, look at the bright side you are going to get a heap of new ground
.happend to me many years back ,never again. good luck .lesson learnt the hard way .i bet it wont happen again ,good feed of fish also
Rob H
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I know i have put this up
I know i have put this up here before, but the easy way to back up is to just bring up the page listing your marks (navman has one) then photograph it with your phone or camera
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Vinesh87
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Yep I save backups and take
Yep I save backups and take photos!
pale ale
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does the sd map card record
does the sd map card record the spots?
Vinesh87
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It shouldn't haha or the map
It shouldn't haha or the map may be corrupt
Dreamtime
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dont know actually
only just got the hds and i dont know if it does or not. anyone care to shed a lil light on the question?
Vinesh87
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They shouldn't be saved to
They shouldn't be saved to mapping card!
On another note how was it dead ? could possibly be revived with a psu or lcd backlight or something simple ?
Mike17
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Back Up
Lowrance plotters you can take out map card and back up onto another card.
Use The Force
little johnny
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some gps units
you can back up on computer (plots) gps unit straight into usb port .also blank cards transfer your card into comp
Dreamtime
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tried that but nothing!
i was hoping that might be the case vinesh, i did try hooking it up to my pc and laptop but nothing. pretty sure i saw a tiny puff of smoke come out of the unit when it died so i guess that was its cremation... lol good to know i can back up all my new spots(when i find them) reasonably easy.
crasny1
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The data has to be there
Might need to get someone to have a look, but I am certain that data is retrievable.
Saw a program about photocopiers and faxes where the data is all stored on a disc somewhere in the machines, and with know how you can retrieve all the info. I am certain though even if it is dead your points may be recoverable.
I hope for you. But then I am in the same book. Have great points in Karratha/Dampier, no great ones down here YET.
Might have to move back if I plan to catch a decent fish!!!!
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Rob H
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money
is the deciding factor-and its not guaranteed to be retrievable.
Found that out when my computer packed up. Cost me $250 for some clown to come out and run a scan etc and then tell me he could maybe do it in the workshop-$$$$.
After a bit of googling I got 95% of my photos off myself.
The plotters etc I think youd need special gear to be able to read the data as its not a simple HDD and Id be surprised if anyone in Perth would have that stuff.
Email the manufacturer maybe, Im sure it wouldn't be the first time asked!
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
DTrain
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These guys were able to get a
These guys were able to get a friends photos off a broken hard drive. They took the magnetic disks out of the broken hard drive and used their own reader to get the data back.
They say they can also read solid state SD drives.
http://www.spectrumdata.com.au/total-data-management-solutions/data-recovery
However from memory it was very expensive.
Rob H
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from memory that was one of
from memory that was one of the places I spoke to, located over east, and it was something like a $6-800 up front payment then more depending on difficulty and no guarantee.
Geared more toward commercial requirements.
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Leemo
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personally have my spots on
personally have my spots on a few doc's on my laptop, external HD and on USB just in case, as well as on my navionics app on my iPhone. Would hate to lose all of em!
bludgin' since 94'
dodgy
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You have a boat?
You have a boat?
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Leemo
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nah I don't. A lot of them
nah I don't. A lot of them are spots I have found just fooling around with mates around the 3mile etc, others been passed onto me by good mates.
bludgin' since 94'
Rig
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Lol
Pinging deckie? ;)
Leemo
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hahaha not at all :)
hahaha not at all :)
bludgin' since 94'
lame
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yep had a garmin 10 years old
yep had a garmin 10 years old that was on the blink have them all written down in a pad and saved on a sd card . took 10 years to regualarly catch fish , wouldn't want to start from scratch again but would clear gps with close to 900 spots
Dreamtime
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yep:(
yep been at it for 8 years now with 731 marks.... pfft into thin air. will look into it some more as i really dont wanna spend another 8 years finding new spots.
Shark1
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what make and model m8there
what make and model m8
there could be a chance if its garmin ( i have had some luck)
dodgy
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Funnily enough I never back
Funnily enough I never back up my marks and have lost a few GPS units over the years.
I use the opportunity to look for new ground but I always have a pretty good idea of general areas to be looking.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Dreamtime
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verdict is in!
had the old gps unit checked out by a computer technician/engineer that has previous experience in sounders and gps units... and the verdict is that she is toast. thanks heaps to my mate steele for checking it out for me and to vinesh for giving me some hope with this epic failure... now just wait for the weather to come good and im out searchin for the next 8 years... woohoo... at least i can look on the bright side like little johnny said, hell of a lot of new ground to be found. thanks to all for your input and sugestions.
Grumpysmurf
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Sent you a PM mate. Have a
Sent you a PM mate. Have a read
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