"A Rose by any other name will smell as sweet" It is preboot whether you call it that or not. Some older devices have what's officially referred to as "Garmin mode" which simply is what we call preboot mode in modern device. That mode is available so older softs like Updater.exe can access the device. Some earlier devices are in a permanent state without any Mass Storage Mode available. I've heard it referred to as a 'pseudo-preboot mode' and such devices called 'Region-only devices' as they don't have any visible files, just programmable (flashable) regions. Modern devices also have separate flashable regions, however only the one with the file system (either region 48 or 83) is visible and can be edited easily.Quote:
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For the device (whether old or modern) to operate in Preboot Mode (or Garmin Mode) the computer to which the device is connected must have Garmin USB Drivers loaded.
PS: "System Software Missing" message indicates that the main system firmware (Garmin calls it software which it is) is either corrupt or missing entirely in region 14. In such a case it's often sufficient to flash the original firmware as an RGN file in preboot using Updater without any need to flash cure fw first unless there is also corruption in the device's files system as well. Additionally, when that message is displayed a modern device usually defaults to preboot mode anyway.