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garmin nuvi 255w accidentally formatted

Postby mattew » Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:11 pm

Hi I have a garmin nuvi 255w and I accidentally formatted the navigator in fat32 :7:
how to retrieve it?
thanks to all!!!:pray:
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Postby chas521 » Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:44 pm

mattew wrote:Hi I have a garmin nuvi 255w and I accidentally formatted the navigator in fat32 :7:
how to retrieve it?
thanks to all!!!:pray:


Do you still have access to the device in "My Computer?" Does it still show up?
If it ain't broke don't fix it!
ALWAYS BACK-UP YOUR FILES/FOLDERS BEFORE MAKING EDITING CHANGES!

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Postby mattew » Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:57 pm

yes but disappeared the triangle that marks the navigator
appears as a mass storage
appears as usb
within the navigatore there are no files and I have not back up
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Postby chas521 » Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:04 pm

If it still shows up in My Computer, this is probably a good thing. You might just need to add back the internal files/folders. Perhaps, if you ask here, someone with the same device can upload their internal files for you to download and re-install. Ask for help.
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Postby mattew » Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:13 pm

I must open another post?or I can ask for files and folder here?
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Postby chas521 » Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:19 pm

mattew wrote:I must open another post?or I can ask for files and folder here?


I would suggest that you open a new thread with the title being specific. You would draw more attention that way. Actually, I looked at your title again and it looks OK. But post here asking for help from someone who might do an upload for you.
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Postby mattew » Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:36 pm

is true
opening up a new post with a different title attracts more attention and highlights my request
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Postby nitinule » Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:39 am

connect the GPS to PC and try to update it with [Please Register or Login to download file]
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Postby mattew » Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:54 pm

it does not recognize any device or peripheral
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Postby Downunder35m » Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:16 pm

If you only done a quick format you might be able to recover the files - if you have not tried to write new files on the devices yet.
There are severly programs available, I use Recuva and never a problem retrieving deleted files.
A quick format only deleted the filetable, not the files itself, basically same like manuelly deleting all files.
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