Re: [disklavier] Loss of recordings on Yamaha Disklavier DKC55rdc
2014-02-07 by Mark Fontana
Yes, doesn t look too good. If it were a floppy, it would be easy for the customer to send the media out for data recovery. But a memory disk is basically a
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Re: [disklavier] Loss of recordings on Yamaha Disklavier DKC55rdc
2014-02-07 by Spencer Chase
this should be a lesson about backing up! people s confidence in electronic devices amazes me. ... -- Best regards, Spencer Chase 67550-Bell Springs Rd.
Re: [disklavier] Loss of recordings on Yamaha Disklavier DKC55rdc
2014-02-07 by Bill Brandom
Right. That is why I am waiting for an answer from Herb. Then I will contact Japan. Bill On Feb 7, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Spencer Chase
Re: [disklavier] Loss of recordings on Yamaha Disklavier DKC55rdc
2014-02-07 by Spencer Chase
ohhhh! that could be a real mess if it is onboard. i doubt that Yamaha has any tools for recovering. getting the specs for the memory chip, reading it page by
Re: [disklavier] Loss of recordings on Yamaha Disklavier DKC55rdc
2014-02-07 by Bill Brandom
Hi Spencer, The DKC55RCD has 16 MB of flash memory. Bill On Feb 7, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Spencer Chase wrote: hard to imagine an OS that
Re: [disklavier] Loss of recordings on Yamaha Disklavier DKC55rdc
2014-02-07 by Spencer Chase
hard to imagine an OS that could be so badly written as to scramble the disc directory but this could have happened? personally, i would remove the drive and
Re: [disklavier] Loss of recordings on Yamaha Disklavier DKC55rdc
2014-02-07 by Bill Brandom
Hi Herb, Can he access the memory disks? If so, all music is gone from each of the 16 memory disks? Bill On Feb 7, 2014, at 4:00 AM,
Loss of recordings on Yamaha Disklavier DKC55rdc
2014-02-07 by <herblindahlpianotuning@...>
Greetings to the group from Connecticut. My name is Herb Lindahl and I have been in the Piano Tuning and Restoration business for 30 years. I have a client
Re: [disklavier] Need update on Repairing CD Drive vs. Upgrading to 850
2014-02-06 by <kassey22000@...>
I ve have really good experiences with Classic Pianos. They have a number of Yamaha dealerships in the U.S. I purchased my C5 Pro from their Bellevue, WA
Re: [disklavier] Need update on Repairing CD Drive vs. Upgrading to 850
2014-02-06 by FC TC
Geez Carol, If you can t get a discount, how can I? I wonder if my wife s rinky dink music publishing co could swing a deal? I sounded to me from talking
Re: [disklavier] SSD Boot Times
2014-02-04 by carwizard
Sounds like your on top of it. I used Parted Magic as well and a disc cloning machine. I did not run into your problem, however I could not use a samsung SSD.
Re: [disklavier] SSD Boot Times
2014-02-04 by Kevin Goroway
DKVBrowser can t do anything that Yamaha didn t build in support for...so I don t know of any way to get the total storage size. But having 68GB free is a
Re: [disklavier] SSD Boot Times
2014-02-04 by Spencer Chase
i use EaseUS for cloning and used something similar before that. both programs have the option to resize partitions proportionately between source and target
Re: [disklavier] SSD Boot Times
2014-02-04 by <vincent.joshua.lin@...>
I used Clonezilla to clone the drive. Then Gparted to expand the last data partition to fill the rest of the drive. Gparted showed some kind of error, and
Re: [disklavier] SSD Boot Times
2014-02-04 by carwizard
If you just cloned the drive, it will be waisting the additional size. I used Parted Magic to expand my SSD to its full size. So first you clone the drive and
Re: [disklavier] SSD Boot Times
2014-02-04 by <vincent.joshua.lin@...>
Thanks for the response Kevin. Big problem is it only shows how much free space I have available - and I didn t check free space prior to the swap. I have no
Re: [disklavier] Need update on Repairing CD Drive vs. Upgrading to 850
2014-02-03 by Carol Beigel
Only the parts from the parts department have a markup, like the internal floppy drives (with proprietary pin assignments). However, the DKC850 is NOT sold
Re: [disklavier] Need update on Repairing CD Drive vs. Upgrading to 850
2014-02-03 by James Fry
... Not surprising unless you want to pay $2400 for the same thing!
Re: [disklavier] SSD Boot Times
2014-02-03 by Kevin Goroway
The PRC-100 isn t polling the drive contents, per se. It is running database queries...and the database is file based. So, the queries are much faster.
SSD Boot Times
2014-02-03 by <vincent.joshua.lin@...>
After fixing my PRC-100 CF card issue, I went ahead and performed an SSD swap a couple nights ago. I purchased a 120GB Samsung 840 EVO. Total cost before tax
Re: [disklavier] Re: SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-31 by Bill Brandom
Hi Dave, It backs up all the music on your Disklavier hard drive TO an external hard drive or a flash drive. The value of the backup is for when your
RE: [disklavier] Re: SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-31 by Dave Bleile
But if I understand it not everything was backed up, only some of the music files. I m not sure I understand the value in this? Dave From:
Re: SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-31 by gelsycycle
One reason the backups are so troublesome is the slow speed of the USB 1.0 port in the Media Center. There s a PC card slot on the I/O Center that s described
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-31 by Bill Brandom
Horatio, I am glad I did it and more glad that it all worked. Bill ... From: Horatio Kemeny To: disklavier
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-31 by Bill Brandom
Sam, During the last 24 hours I have done two backup and restores using an external hard drive AND a backup and restore using a 64 GB flash drive. I had no
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-31 by Horatio Kemeny
Thank you for taking the time and effort (and risk!) to do that.... I feel a lot better about it. :) ... Thank you for taking the time and effort (and risk!)
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-31 by Sam Sheleby
Bill, which drive did you use? Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-31 by Bill Brandom
Horatio, I completed the restore operation with my flash drive and everything plays just fine. So at least for me, backing up and restoring from a flash drive
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Bill Brandom
Thanks for finding the manual Horatio. I have just backed up to a flash drive and am now doing a restore. I will let you know the results (in about 3 hours...)
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Horatio Kemeny
HereÆs a good place to find the manuals: http://www.manualslib.com/products/Yamaha-Mark-Iv-2147353.html Around page 79 talks about backups. IÆve used this
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Bill Brandom
Fred, the function was added after the release of the product. Let me see if I can the backup/restore instructions. Bill On Jan 30, 2014, at 9:45 AM,
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Bill Brandom
I will try backing up to a flash drive. I will let you know what happens. You are right, it does make sense to clone the drive! Installing disc images can take
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Spencer Chase
doesn t the dkv still have a problem writing protected stuff to a flash drive? also it makes sense to clone the drive to be ready for an HDD failure without
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by <w9pnr1@...>
Gentlemen: I am new to this group and have a couple of questions that I hope are not too basic. You are discussing backup and restore. Where is this
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Bill Brandom
Mark, I agree. We keep pushing for this capability!! Bill On Jan 30, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Mark Fontana wrote: It seems like Yamaha could easily
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Mark Fontana
It seems like Yamaha could easily fix that...
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Bill Brandom
Hi Rich, The main problem is the MarkIV can play MIDI files from an external device but cannot recognize or play audio files from an external device. Bill On
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Richard Freeman
Gentlemen, This is an interesting thread to read. I have what may be a obvious (or stupid) question. Instead of replacing the HD, why not use a USB flash
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Spencer Chase
externalizing the drive sound like a great idea. if it is SATA, that should be real easy since the cables are more flexible. with ATA it might require some
Re: [disklavier] RE: Piano volume too high
2014-01-30 by Richard Freeman
Thank you Joe. I have the same issue, and resigned myself to using the speakers to playback at lower volume. This is a solution I will try! Much thanks,
RE: Piano volume too high
2014-01-30 by <jmorris651@...>
Here is my story.... I have my grand piano disklavier in a living room that has wood floors and many windows. With all of those reflective surfaces it was
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Kevin Goroway
Right. DKVBrowser can only do what yamaha intended the PRC-100/TRC-100 to do. I did built a backup option that will move all non-protected files to your PC
RE: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Geoff Ward
This seems to me to be a good reason to use a laptop to hold the music for the DKV. Kind regards Geoff _____ From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Horatio Kemeny
It occurred to me after I wrote my message that, as Kevin will verify, thereÆs no way to do what IÆd like. You canÆt mount the file system and then do a
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Bill Brandom
That does sound easier if you make the clone before the HDD dies. Bill On Jan 29, 2014, at 9:13 PM, Spencer Chase wrote: sounds like
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Spencer Chase
sounds like a lot to do compared to a simple disc cloning that takes about 30 minutes of unattended waiting for a 1 tb computer drive that has about 250 gigs
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures
2014-01-30 by Spencer Chase
i have a decent backup and restore program that actually works. i have used it to restore which is the real test. most programs do the backup just fine but
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by Bill Brandom
NEAL and HORATIO, I have never experienced the backup/restore problems that Neal has described. I have never found the Mark IV backup/restore function not to
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures - Mark 1V
2014-01-30 by carwizard
The restore feature of the Disklavier built in backup program no longer works. Most users are not aware of this. I lost my hard drive 4 months ago. I replaced
Re: [disklavier] SSD failures
2014-01-30 by Horatio Kemeny
The backup function seems to create a very proprietary set of files which IÆm guessing work well within the confines of the ôbackupö and ôrestoreö