minterno wrote:thanks for the reply tendriver but that didn't work for me,regards

minterno wrote:thanka PiEtU,i have tried all the usb ports but still no joy,i think its a problem with the sat nav as i have a laptop and a pc and still no joy and my brother had the same problem with his pc but thought it might be the computer being so old and outdated,the same problem on 3 different computers points to the device being the problem,its not being recognised as a usb mass storage device so i cant get into it to see if its a software problem,the unit is about 2 years old and was only used twice for about an hour each time so it would be a right bummer if its crokked.regards

minterno wrote:the tomtom software recognised it and loaded in a lot of updates,now the card has garmin maps on it

minterno wrote:i used the micro memory card from my garmin nuvi 1310 in an adaptor and inserted it in to the tomtom and when i restarted the tomtom, tomtom home which was open at the time recognised the device and asked if i wanted to update the tomtom,which i did,prior to this i had a dummy memory card that came with the tomtom in the device.i still may have problems as the tomtom home updates installed to the memory card and not the tomtom disc,when i figure what maps i need i will install them on the memory card and hope i can either put them on the tomtom root or see if the maps will work from the memory card,i still cant get in to the tomtom hard disc,im like a blindman at the moment,feeling my way about,a few hours ago it wouldn't turn on,now its on and asking for maps,ie telling me no maps are found,tomorrow i will install the maps if i can and see what happens,thanks for the help tendriver,time for bed here,good night

minterno wrote:this is what i am hoping for,i will try the maps on the card when i figure out how and what map i need,regards