Garmin GPS - Topo CDs to Laptop

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Topo CDs to Laptop

tallen

2006-11-27, 10:33 pm

Some time back, someone published the method to transfer the Garmin topo
files onto a laptop to avoid the annoying process of having to insert
the CDs while using the program. I've searched the messages and can not
find that process. Can someone re-publish that method. I believe it
requires certain files to be placed in a specific folder within the
Garmin folder but I do not remember which files or where to place them.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

T

apersson850

2006-11-28, 7:33 am

There are two ways I know of.

1. Prior to the installation, copy the CD content to a folder on your
hard drive. Install from there. Now it will refer to that drive in the
future, for the files that are needed, and since the harddrive is there
all the time, no CD insertion is necessary.

2. After you already installed it, to use the CD: Change the record in
the Windows registry, that points to the CD drive, to refer to a folder
on the hard drive. Copy the required files to this folder.
Now I can't remember which record it was you should modify, and I don't
have any topo maps in this computer, but to anyone who is reasonably
qualified to fiddle with the registry, this should become obvious, when
you look into it.

Anders

Jack Erbes

2006-11-28, 7:33 am

tallen wrote:

> Some time back, someone published the method to transfer the Garmin topo
> files onto a laptop to avoid the annoying process of having to insert
> the CDs while using the program. I've searched the messages and can not
> find that process. Can someone re-publish that method. I believe it
> requires certain files to be placed in a specific folder within the
> Garmin folder but I do not remember which files or where to place them.
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>

Here is link to a forum with the instructions for editing the registry:

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/in...56&#entry997256

And the same link shortened:

http://tinyurl.com/y5n443

And here are the step by step instructions for the registry edit:

Sounds like you prefer to edit the registry then... No prob.

Close the MapSource program (if it's open)

Make a new folder in your C:\Garmin folder and name it "Topo"

CD 1 contains a folder named "West"
CD 2 contains a folder named "East"
CD 3 contains a folder named "Alaska" and a folder named "Hawaii"

Copy those folders into your "C:\Garmin\Topo" folder

Click your Windows Start button and select "Run"
Where it says "Open", type in "REGEDIT"
Click the "OK" button

Double-Click the folder "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
Click on the following plus signs in sequence"
+SOFTWARE
+Garmin
+MapSource
+Products

Click on the folder named "6", and then in the right window pane,

double-click the "Loc" registry key.

"D:\East" is displayed

Change that to read as:
C:\Garmin\Topo\East

Click the "OK" button

Click on the folder named "7", and then in the right window pane,

double-click the "Loc" registry key.

"D:\West" is displayed

Change that to read as:
C:\Garmin\Topo\West

Click the "OK" button

Click on the folder named "8", and then in the right window pane,

double-click the "Loc" registry key.

"D:\Hawaii" is displayed

Change that to read as:
C:\Garmin\Topo\Hawai
i

Click the "OK" button

Click on the folder named "9", and then in the right window pane,

double-click the "Loc" registry key.

"D:\Alaska" is displayed

Change that to read as:
C:\Garmin\Topo\Alask
a

Click the "OK" button

Close the Registry Editor window

Open MapSource

Your Topo maps should now open without the CDs!!!

Jack

--
Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)

Steve Calvin

2006-11-28, 10:33 pm

Yep, I put the maps on the harddrive and editted the reg
with no problem. Works great

--
Steve

tallen

2006-11-29, 4:33 am

tallen wrote:

> Some time back, someone published the method to transfer the Garmin
> topo files onto a laptop to avoid the annoying process of having to
> insert the CDs while using the program. I've searched the messages
> and can not find that process. Can someone re-publish that method. I
> believe it requires certain files to be placed in a specific folder
> within the Garmin folder but I do not remember which files or where to
> place them.
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> T
>
Thanks everyone, I appreciate the quick response.
T

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