tranfer tom tom to new card

[marsbar16]

hi there guys, i recently updated my tomtom on tomtom home, the problem i have it that i dont have enough memory on it ,it is the 256mb card that came with tomtom,can i use any sd card in it and if so how do i tranfer it all over many thanks

[mikealder]

Get a good quality high speed card (keep it at 2GB or lower), copy the original card to a folder on your PC, then copy the contents of the folder on the PC back to the new card - Mike

[marsbar16]

Hi mike ty, it is hard to find on pc as it wont let me pic where i want it to go .can you advise me on this ty

[marsbar16]

mike is the origanal card copy wrighted

[mikealder]

I would right click on the PC desk top and create a new folder, name it TT Backup.

Next connect your device to the PC, if TT Home starts up on the PC shut it down as its not needed, use Windows Explorer to view the contents of the computer and one of the drives will be your TomTom (it should be labeled up as such) - or if you are using a card reader locate the drive letter associated with it.

Copy all the files and folders from the card to the TT Backup folder on your PC's desk top.

Next insert the new card to the card reader/ TomTom and copy ALL the CONTENTS of the TT Backup folder from the PC to the new memory card.

Pop the card in the device and fire it up - if the card has a fast enough read/ write speed the device will boot and work normally.

The data on the card isn't locked to the SD Card ID but it is covered by copywrite, this doesn't affect your options to copy the data to a larger card though - Mike

[marsbar16]

hi mke ty for the info,i have done what you said but when i go to copy it comes up with cannot create or replace the disk is write protected remove the write protection or use another disk. is this normal or am i doing something wrong,sorry

[mikealder]

Have you managed to copy the files from the old card to the PC and just cannot get the files to copy to the new card? If so there is a small plastic slider on the side of the card which acts as an access lock, make sure this is slid towards the gold contacts end of the card - Mike

[marsbar16]

have done that and still says the same

[marsbar16]

yes to the first bit of your reply