How to relocate Garmin maps to any disk on XP/Vista/W7

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Originally Posted by alamel [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

I think they have to be convert with GmapTool first

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Yes, but then they are no longer an image file are they. They become a 'reverse-engineered MS Version' with crippled search, useless to recompile back into a *img file.

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Originally Posted by Neil [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

Fully compiled *.img files usable by your device are not visible to MS, only BC and HomePort (for marine maps). Maybe typo, did you mean 'HomePort and BaseCamp finds them there'?

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yes, thanks for correcting, my human error, sorry;

I edited that post.

I use mostly Basecamp, so I simply mixed two things in my mind: seeing usb-drives themselves, and seeing what's actually on them.
Mapsource that I found here can see even all my HDs, too.


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Originally Posted by Neil [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

Yes, but then they are no longer an image file are they. They become a 'reverse-engineered MS Version' with crippled search, useless to recompile back into a *img file.

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Yes but when I instal in PC is to be use by MS or BC not to put in unit . As Isaid earlier I always keep the original files in case

Hi,

For those who are interested, here is an interesting simple method to transfer heavy home made .jnx files installed in Basecamp hidden folder from C: (formatted in NFTS) to another NFTS disk (external or internal).
I applied this method to my own made .jnx files either under Vista or Seven and it might work under 8 as well.



This method also works very well to move maps installed in MapSource in gmap folder.

Hi,

I transferred .jnx BirdsEye located in Basecamp collection from the hard disk C:/ of my computer to an external hard disk connected in USB, by using the method of the symbolic links (see previous post): the procedure was well achieved, and when I opened Basecamp, .jnx were displayed.

Then I did the following experiment :

I disconnected the external hard disk of my computer: it was obvious that BirdsEye would not be displayed anymore in Basecamp, but problem is somewhere else.

During the opening of Basecamp, external hard disk disconnected, I got the following error message:

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This message sounded logical, but he proposed two alternatives:


- either to cancel, in which case Basecamp closed. I reconnected then external hard disk, and BirdsEye reappeared when I opened again Basecamp.


- or to correct, in which case Basecamp opened without displaying BirdsEye.
Up to there, everything seems logical, but the continuation is much less : if I close Basecamp, reconnect external hard disk, and open again Basecamp, then BirdsEye are not displayed anymore !
It looks as if "correction" prevents display of the images BirdsEye in Basecamp ; and the worst is to come : if I delete symbolic link, and move back JnxFiles folder from external disk to its original location in C, BirdEyes do not not reappear !

Is there an explanation for this strange phenomenon ? Is there an issue ? Or if I don't want to loose my BirdsEye images, will I have to leave external disk connected permanently on my computer when I open Basecamp ?