did you have issue to update nuvi 2545 with western europe map 2013 for not enough free space?

[rosanna]

Hi

hope it's the right place

well before the update of the western europe map 2013.30 i delete all the voices and i get 270mb of free space
i updated and i get only 57mb of free space
before i had these files name and size

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after the update i have these files

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may i delete 1 of these file to gain more free space?

the problem is that a friend of mine did not delete the voices file so he tried to update with all voices and 50mb (i'm no sure) but he bought and it came with about 50mb of free space

he used GarminMapUpdater and after the download , before installing the maps it stopped with a warning no free space

sadly he doesn't know if the updater gaves hime the possibility to use the sd like [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

well
does someone had the same problem ? not enough space with 2545 or similar device to update?

and about the future updates? i have not so many files to delete to obtain free space


thanks

cheers

[Giomen]

Do you tried put empty SD card in Nuvi before update?!

[rosanna]

Do you tried put empty SD card in Nuvi before update?!

yes but it's not empty , there are some poi files Cyclops and Garmin SCDB.info World , plus oxford , the sd is 4gb
thanks

[Giomen]

It is very strange! Usually before uploading map the latest version of GarminMapUpdater (3.1.19 or 3.1.20) report about not enough free space in device and suggest to use a SD-card. What version of GarminMapUpdater you use?

[catymag]

I had the same with my 3790/34xx and with a 8gb sd inserted in Nuvi,it didnt see the sd I had to create a virtual 6 GB nuvi.
GarminMapUpdater 3.1.20

[rosanna]

I had the same with my 3790/34xx and with a 8gb sd inserted in Nuvi,it didnt see the sd I had to create a virtual 6 GB nuvi.
GarminMapUpdater 3.1.20

i have a 4gb sd , is there a tutorial to create a virtual 4gb nuvi?
but garmin does care about this possibile issue?

[voyager56]

i have a 4gb sd , is there a tutorial to create a virtual 4gb nuvi?
but garmin does care about this possibile issue?

Take your 4gb SD and create folder GARMIN in it. To this folder copy garmindevice.xml file from your Nuvi. Virtual Nuvi created.
Connect SD to computer and mydashbord and garminmapupdater will recognize it as your Nuvi.
But 4gb will be not enough for CNE.

[dasilvarsa]

i have a 4gb sd , is there a tutorial to create a virtual 4gb nuvi?
but garmin does care about this possibile issue?

Another Suggestion.

Take a Blank USB Thumb Drive (Fat32) >= 8GB
Copy your Whole Nuvi Drive to the Thumb Drive (including the .system hidden folder)
Update as Normal
Now you have all the updated files from Garmin on the USB Drive.
Garmin will delete the files that you don't need anymore.
Next Step is to copy back to your Nuvi.

Advantages of this method.
You now have an off site Backup of your Nuvi files. (In Case your computer crashes.)
You can use this Drive with Basecamp instead of always having to plug in your Nuvi.

[rosanna]

Take your 4gb SD and create folder GARMIN in it. To this folder copy garmindevice.xml file from your Nuvi. Virtual Nuvi created.
Connect SD to computer and mydashbord and garminmapupdater will recognize it as your Nuvi.
But 4gb will be not enough for CNE.

my nuvi has only a internal sd of 4gb

[rosanna]

Another Suggestion.

Take a Blank USB Thumb Drive (Fat32) >= 8GB
Copy your Whole Nuvi Drive to the Thumb Drive (including the .system hidden folder)
Update as Normal
Now you have all the updated files from Garmin on the USB Drive.
Garmin will delete the files that you don't need anymore.
Next Step is to copy back to your Nuvi.

Advantages of this method.
You now have an off site Backup of your Nuvi files. (In Case your computer crashes.)
You can use this Drive with Basecamp instead of always having to plug in your Nuvi.

interesting i will try! but should i delete the all the files of my garmin first ? i mean before copying them to my garmin

but why doesn't mapupdater use the sd? what could happen in the next update? i have no more free space
i would like to know [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] for which models GarminMapUpdater does it