#GARMIN HOMEPORT FORUM PC#
Brought the card home, stuck it into the SD card reader on my PC and it automatically started uploading the charts to Homeport. I tell it to transfer the charts to the card, which it does. Immediately it recognized the card and asked me what I want to do. I take my jumbo SD card down there today and, on a lark, stick it into the slot in the 740s.
#GARMIN HOMEPORT FORUM WINDOWS#
Perplexed why would the plotter recognized the 2 GB card and not the 32 GB card? too big? new card isn't dead b/c windows recognizes it. Of course, I couldn't do this backup either b/c the plotter kept asking for me to insert a card, despite it already being inserted. So I pull out the laptop, re-format the card and now try to get the pre-loaded charts from the Plotter onto the card so that I can upload them to HomePort to get detail. Plotter asked me to insert a card though the card was already there. I wanted to try and upload those waypoints but couldn't. Now the plotter is not recognizing the presence of the card at all. gdb file extension) and took it to the boat. Meanwhile, I bought a 32GB card and re-backed up those same waypoints to the card at home (this time in the. I think I used the wrong file extension when I EXPORTED it (I used. Took it to the unit and it didn't recognize the format. I set up a few waypoints and backed them up to a 2GB SD card (that had been formatted and was clean). I also downloaded to my home PC whatever the latest version of HomePort is. IMG types in the "Garmin" folder of your "Virtual Disk Removable Media" drive that either can use.I recently purchased and installed a Garmin 740s. HomePort/BaseCamp will display all the compatable map. IMG files all together in the same "Garmin" folder of the "Virtual Disk Removable Media" drive. IMG files on SD cards (or other "Removable Media" drive types), different filenames (XXXXXX.IMG) and map types (BlueChart g2/g2 Vision, TOPO, road maps, etc.) can all be used at the same time by putting several of these Garmin. As in step 3, I used a descriptive name for the "Volume label" field and entered " Virtual Disk Removable Media" (without the quotes), click on the " Start" button of the "Format" drive V: window (a WARNING window will appear, just click the " OK" button" of it to start the format).Ĩ - After formatting completes, click the " Close" button of the "Format" drive V: window, now you can exit/close the "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" window.ĩ - With "My Computer" create a " Garmin" folder on your new "V:" drive (that is named "Virtual Disk Removable Media") and copy your Garmin. The "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" window will show "V:" as the "Drive" and "D:\Virtual Disk Removable Media for Drive V" as the "Image file".Ħ - Click on the " V:" of the "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" window to enable the "Format" button, then click that " Format" button.ħ - A "Format" drive V: window will appear. Therefore, I typed in " D:\Virtual Disk Removable Media for Drive V" (without the quotes) into the "Image file" field and entered " V" (without the quotes) into the "Drive letter" field (so drive "V:" would be the Virtual Drive).Ĥ - Enter the "Size of virtual disk" that you want (I entered 4 and clicked on " Gigabytes"), check " Removable media" and click " OK".ĥ - You will now have a currently mounted disk.
#GARMIN HOMEPORT FORUM FREE#
Let's say that for your Virtual Disk, you want to use free disk space from your "D:" drive and assign drive letter "V:" to your new Virtual Disk.ġ - Start "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" (from the Windows "Control Panel" or the Desktop shortcut you created above) and click the " Mount new." button.Ģ - A "Mount new virtual disk" window will then also appear.ģ - A descriptive "Image file" name and "Drive letter" will help identify what the "Image file" and "Drive letter" is for. I found a way to use disk space from another hard disk drive letter instead. The only thing I didn't like is that it uses free space on my C: drive to create the Virtual Drive. Right-click on "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" in your "Control Panel">select "Create Shortcut">click the "Yes" button.
To access "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" easier, you can create a shortcut on your Desktop by doing the below:
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