MnGCA

MN Lost Boy · Geocacher Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 30 Location: Scandia

I turned my "GEKO" on yesterday and all my waypoints were gone.
I haven't felt so empty since getting dumped in college...

Can this happen accidently? Crying or Very sad

or
Am I so stupid that I did it my self and didn't know it? Embarassed

Is there a way to make a back-up other than just writing them all down in a notebook????

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When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns.

LanceVE · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 11:59 am Post subject:

I don't know how they ended up dissapearing in your unit.... It looks like according to Garmin, the Geko's are supposed to store waypoints in non-volatile memory (Doesn't depend on the batteries to keep the memory)...

Backup depends on which model you have.... If you have the 101, you're out of luck. If you have the 201 or higher, you should have a data cable port on your unit (aka RS232). What you would need is the correct cable to connect up to your computer. Then you could use any of the programs like EasyGPS (www.easygps.com - free. Specific Geocaching version linked from the geocaching.com 'Links' page) for waypoint management....

Good Luck Exclamation

15Tango · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:42 am Post subject:

Have you had to do any firmware updates yet, like we do with the Etrex Vista? A couple of the half-dozen or so firmware updates I've done with my Vista wiped out all my stored waypoints and routes. I've started dumping my GPS back into Mapsource on my PC every once in a while just so I know I can still get them if my memory gets wiped again.
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