Which files are chaff?

matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

I have some .chk files in the root of my TT 740. Can I just delete them, or are they needed? This is a complete list of folders and files. I wonder how many are really chaff and which are good. Is there a guide anywhere?

Folders:
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art
ASR
bin
contacts
ephem
fleetecd
fuel_prices
gns
helpme
home images
itn
licences
logging
LoquendoTTS
maps
microbrowser
phone_database
photos
poi
program
raster
schemes
script
SIMCARD
sounds
statdata
text
TomTom-Cfg
TomTom HOME Install.app
voices
Western_and_Central_Europe_2GB
zip

Files:
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accountinfo2.txt
antitheftw.bmp
autorun.inf
backtrace.txt
BOOTEX.LOG
bootloaderversion.txt
connect2internet.db
connect2internet.so
connect2internet.db.encode
connect2internetdb.ver
CurrentLocation.dat
CurrentMap.dat
data.chk
data_im2.chk
data_lim.chk
data_lis.chk
data_ra.chk
data_sp.chk
data_ts.chk
install.bif
InstallTomTomHOME.exe
internal.dat
libaec_55.so
libaec_60.so
lowbatteryw.bmp
mctx.dat
pluserror.txt
restart.dat
settings.dat
signpost_li.txt
splashw.bmp
suspendw.bmp
tomtom.ico
ttgo.bif
tthome.bif
ttpnpd.log
ttsystem
UserPatch.dat

Daggers · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:55 pm Post subject:

DO NOT DELETE any of the files if the device is working properly. Most are essential for the device to run.

If you need to delete anything from the device, it is safest to delete through TT Home (provided you have made an Explorer backup first). Voices in other languages are a good place to start.

However, if you aren't having any issues, I wouldn't even bother considering it.
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mikealder · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:12 pm Post subject:

The .chk files mostly contain audio sounds the device uses, without these present on the unit it won't boot up so don't go deleting them, Windoze (spelling deliberate) is stupid and assumes .chk are broken files so wants to remove them - simply ignore what the computer is saying. Look in the "voices" folder and you will find lots more .chk files, these are the navigation voice files! - Mike

matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

Thanks both - I did wonder if it was all okay. I'll leave it all happy then.

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