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Title: I downloaded topo map now my sd card map is gone
Post by: 2shibas on July 12, 2009, 06:33:13 AM
I downloaded a topo map to my Oregon 400c and now I can't access my North American City Navigator map that is on an sd micro card.  Did it overwrite the card?  Please tell me it didn't!!  Thank you.
Title: Re: I downloaded topo map now my sd card map is gone
Post by: Indrid Cold on July 12, 2009, 07:11:16 AM
Title: Re: I downloaded topo map now my sd card map is gone
Post by: 2shibas on July 12, 2009, 01:26:29 PM
I didn't see any options when I downloaded the Florida topo map regarding internal memory or to the micro sd card.  It was a Garmin preprogrammed micro sd card.  Thanks.
Title: Re: I downloaded topo map now my sd card map is gone
Post by: Indrid Cold on July 12, 2009, 07:32:32 PM
You should have had the option to select where you installed it in MapSource and/or MapInstall with an Oregon 400c with a sd card installed in it. Did you see a window like this:
(http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/images/articles/image/mapinstall-3.jpg)
Title: Re: I downloaded topo map now my sd card map is gone
Post by: 2shibas on July 13, 2009, 01:16:16 PM
No, that screen never came up.  That would have been a red flag for me.  Why would Garmin make those cards rewritable?  Bad idea if that's what happened.
Title: Re: I downloaded topo map now my sd card map is gone
Post by: onomou on July 16, 2009, 03:50:16 PM
Have you tried popping the Garmin SD card into a card reader and opening the .img file with something like GPSMapEdit (http://www.geopainting.com/en/ (http://www.geopainting.com/en/)) to see if your original map was overwritten? It does seem pretty silly to me that Garmin wouldn't lock a card they sold with data on it.