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Varonica · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 02, 2007 Posts: 7

Hi

I just tried to update the speed cameras on my TomTom one. I followed the instruction for installing TomTom OV2. However, when I tried to copy the files to the Tom Tom map folder, it kept failing and showing an error message as 'Access deny'.. Could anybody help me?

PS - I downloaded the speed cameras and installed last Feb and they worked fine. However, I just couldn't update now.

Thanks

Varonica

rockin_plumber · Lifetime Member Joined: Nov 15, 2007 Posts: 111

Just a random guess here.......
But does ur TomTom have a SD card......

If so is the tab set to lock Question

Varonica · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 02, 2007 Posts: 7

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject:

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DennisN · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:30 pm Post subject:

Just go back one stage further to humour me. Have you actually UNZIPPED the camera files before trying to copy them?

Incidentally, if anybody cares, one of my SD cards has the word "lock" and a tiny arrow pointing at the locking direction. It's too tiny for me to see which direction that is!!! I don't care, it's not locked anyway.
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Varonica · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 02, 2007 Posts: 7

Thanks for everybody's help. Unfortunately it still doesn't work.

1. I checked the SD card and it's unlocked (ie the switch is at the side closed to the golden edge connectors.

2. I cannot copy any file into the map folder. When I checked the properties using Windows Explorer, the box has a green square in the box - not a tick.

Just came to my mind, would it have something to do with my TomTom failed to install any update yesterday? When I used TomTom Home to run the update on the applicaiton, there was an error message saying 'unable to delete file 'data.chk''.

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject:

That certainly looks like the same problem.

I still think it might be that "read-only" attributes have been set somehow.

Have another look with Win Explorer, but this time open up the map folder so you can see all its contents. Then you can either right click on some of the files (such as data.chk) and see if they are set to read-only like you did for the folder, or, if you right click in the header bar where it says "Name" "Size" "type" "Date modified" etc, you can add a column for "Attributes" and see them all at once. AFAIK everything should ONLY have the "archive" attribute set (an "A" in the new column). If any are read-only there will be an "R" as well.

Also, can you write a small file to ANYWHERE on the card?

Varonica · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 02, 2007 Posts: 7

I cannot write a small file anywhere on the card..

When I right click the files in the map folder, I can only see one tab called 'General'. But in the 'General' tab of these file's properties, none of these files have the 'read-only' box ticked.

Should I try to reset the card?

Oldboy · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject:

The only other possibility is that the Card is full.

If you Right Click the Drive Letter that is the Card, select Properties, it will tell you the Used Space and the Free Space.

What is the value of the Free Space?
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GPS_fan · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject:

...or has the SD become corrupt?

Could you try re-formatting the card and see if you can then add the desired file(s) in addition to restoring the data already on the card?
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