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How to backup your Nuvi
barelij
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Hi. I purchassed recently a Garmin Nuvi 1410. This is my first GPS, and I am quite pleased with it's performance and it's man-machine interface.
Have one question: Is there a way to backup all software in the unit to my home computer? If possible, how is it done ?
Thanks,
Have one question: Is there a way to backup all software in the unit to my home computer? If possible, how is it done ?
Thanks,
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From the View Tab select to Show Hidden Files, Folders, and Drives and also uncheck Hide protected operating system files (recommended). You should then be able to see the .system folder and be able to back it up.
But why? My explorer is already set to show hidden and sys files?
1490T Tutorial. Step-by-Step How to make a full backup of your device to DVD-or-CD
http://cid-c6483e8a197b8356.office.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/nuvi1490T/Tutorials
Click the link above, then click on the name of the tutorial to open it.
Hope this helps,
Lilla
Regards Peter.
Cairns Australia
Once again from all of us thanks :lol:
Second, the Nuvi 2012 models are treated as MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) devices by Windows Vista and Windows 7, and will not mount as lettered drives like the older Nuvi's. Thanks to members popej, jondough and iggy for their explanation of how to backup these new models. Note: as an alternative to step 3 above, you can bring up the Nuvi's "dashboard" screen, then press and hold the speedometer for about 10 seconds to access the developer screen.
Can someone help??
Yes i know that it is in Dutch but you can use google or word to translate.
This site is very usefull.
http://javawa.nl/garminbackup.html
Ronald
I simply created a folder on the desktop (NUVI backup) and then opened the Nuvi on the desktop then ⌘ a to select all the items, then dragged them to the new folder.
The point is that the .system folder contains all the maps files and other important files which should be backed up but if hidden by the operating system then simply selecting all the files and folders you can see will not get you a backup of those critical files.
So to simply select all the files and drag them to a new folder to create a backup you'll first need to insure that you can see the .system folder and it contents when looking at the list of files.
Older units like the 3xx, 6xx, 7xx, and possibly the 8xx don't have the hidden .system file so a straight select all files and copy will work fine there.
In the Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder...
Type .system and click Go
You should now see the hidden folder and the files that it contains.
Amazing amount of wasted space with the foreign languages in the invisible file.
I have bought a 2555LT. Have been "searching" in the internet sea for 2 days now.
I am using win7 and have set the 2 "show hidden files" options showing hidden files, I have even typed the full path in the windows explorer and command prompt but win just return: file/folder not found.
Did garmin have some new "mechanism"? Below is from my garmindevice.xml:
- <DataType>
<Name>PreProgrammedMaps</Name>
- <File>
- <Specification>
<Identifier>IMG</Identifier>
</Specification>
- <Location>
<Path>.System</Path>
<BaseName>gmapprom</BaseName>
<FileExtension>img</FileExtension>
- <Extensions>
- <dtlx:DataTypeLocationExtension>
<dtlx:ExternalPath>Garmin/</dtlx:ExternalPath>
</dtlx:DataTypeLocationExtension>
</Extensions>
I have put the 2012.30 img into the micro SD card and the new map shows ok in map information. But JCV is missing so I cannot see/read/backup/replace the JCV imgage file.
Thank you very much guys, any help would be appreciated.
I was so desperate digging into my mind, figuring: How do I solve this mess?? And I totally missed what was stated above!!
Really nice people and great place to find GPS how to here!! Couldn't find this information anywhere in the web. It's just I "didn't see it"
Thanks again Boyd : )
I don't have anything installed on my computer from Garmin, so I need any software from Garmin to make this backup happen?......................
There is also a drive next to the above drive, which says Nuvi 760 (G)
FAT32
and when I click on that drive, it says G:/ is not accessible,
access id denied
Index of file:///F:/Garmin/gpx/
Up to higher level directory
Name Size Last Modified
File:gpxfile1091027231522.gpx 1 KB 11/27/2009 11:15:24 PM
File:gpxfile109102723853.gpx 1 KB 11/27/2009 11:08:54 PM
File:gpxfile109924114935.gpx 1 KB 10/24/2009 12:49:38 PM
File:gpxfile11009131742.gpx 1 KB 1/9/2010 1:17:44 PM
File:gpxfile110117184512.gpx 1 KB 2/17/2010 6:45:14 PM
File:gpxfile11012122042.gpx 1 KB 2/21/2010 10:00:44 PM
.gpx files are actually .xml files. You could view them in a text editor like Notepad or probably your web browser as well. But really, you should use software that knows how to interpret them, such as Basecamp.
What were you trying to do with the .gpx files? You seem to have posted a list of archived tracklogs (most of the Nuvi's do this automatically). If you just want to back the files up, simply drag them to a folder on your computer.
I guess I am not sure what a gpx file really is. I have many location/waypoints saved to my gps, which is confusing when I only see about 6 of these gpx files, and then I can't open them to see what is actually in the gpx files. I guess I am really a novice here, but I'm sure you can tell that, and I do appreciate all that you are trying to do for me..............Mike
1. All of your favorites (the locations that you have saved)
2. Your current track (a line that shows everywhere you've been
3. Any routes that you have saved
I'm not really sure what all those files little like 1091027231522.gpx are, but there aren't anything you need. The file named current.gpx will contain all of your favorites (saved locations).
If you want to backup your favorites, just copy the current.gpx file to your computer. If you want to backup everything on your Nuvi, just copy ALL the files on the device to a folder on your hard drive.
Beyond that, I really don't understand what you're trying to do... sorry.
When I backed up a 3490LMT, this strange .bin file was not in that unit.
Incidentally, I did have a weird problem with several of these Garmin units shutting down on their own while doing the backup. I resorted to copying groups of files and then it stopped shutting down on its own. Then I tried copying the entire unit again and it didn't shut down that time. Not sure why it did this, but it happened on at least two brand new units.
It makes an exact duplicate image of a SATA, IDE, SAS, SCSI or SSD hard disk drive, any USB and FIREWIRE external drive enclosures as well as SD, MMC, MemoryStick and CompactFlash media, on a sector-by-sector basis.
Once you set your device to behave as a Mass Storage Device instead of Media Transfer Protocol -as Boyd explains in his post, then simply launch HDD Raw Copy Tool and follow its simple instructions on how to copy your storage drives.
I tried using rsync on my mac to back up the garmin 3590.
I created a folder on my desktop named "Garmin Backup" then
I plugged in the gps.
The command I used is:
[eagle:~]$ rsync -av --delete /Volumes/GARMIN/ /Users/jerry/Desktop/Garmin\ Backup
I got one error:
building file list ... file has vanished: "/Volumes/GARMIN/.System/Diag/sys_log1_A?\#202\#016?\#200\#235\#016Ys.bin"
done
The .System folder was copied with the exception of the above
file. All of the other stuff appeared to be copied with no problems.
Does anyone know what the mysterious *.bin file's function is?
Jerry
I was mis-lead by Garmin Express - which says it will backup your files - but read carefully - it only backups YOUR data NOT Garmin's - so the dot System file it creates does NOT have any programs, just your routes and favorites and etc.
Which raises a question:: if my Zumo 350 gets completely befuddled and will not boot - how then - can I transfer dot System Folder (which I backed up) to the Device if plugging it into laptop does not result is valid connection?? Can a microSD card (with backup dot System Folder) be made to boot a 350 device ??
In desperation I connected it to a Linux PC, and it was able to read the file system. (There were 32 corrupted folders and 23 corrupted files.)
In my case, after calling support back with this info and explaining that Garmin's own WebUpdater corrupted my GPS, they agreed to replace it at no charge. (I did NOT have a backup.)
In your case, with a good backup, you could copy the files over from Linux. Not that it should make any difference, but I am running Lubuntu lxle, a lightweight user friendly distribution that runs well on older hardware.
Good luck!
Do a google search for "Garmin Cure"....
>6. Change from AUTO DETECT to MASS STORAGE
Ok, so from googling, says "MTP" stands for "Media Transfer Protocol". Is a feature or something not
going to work properly if I change "AUTO DETECT" to "MASS STORAGE" ? Why is this option here
in the first place ? Just to hide the .system dir ? Thanks !
After pressing the top right in the volume page it's
Configuration Settings>
.....MTP Settings
.................MTP Mode
....................................MTP Auto Detect
....................................USB Ethernet
....................................USB Ethernet Single Session
............... Show .System
MTP Auto Detect is set as the dafault in MTP Mode. Not necessary to go in there to get access to the .system folder. Just enable "Show .System"
There is no Mass Storage option unless it's somewhere else entirely. I did browse the other options besides "Configuration settings" but nothing obvious. But there's tons of stuff under .system. Not sure if there are any more hidden folders to open.
Not sure if things are the same for doing a system backup but I usually need access to .system to kill the .JVC file.