iGuidance 2009 -- can only be used on memory card it is shipped on

**ruskiyab** · #1 (**permalink**) 01-13-2009, 02:13 AM

Hmmm... I once bought a used treo that came with TomTom preinstalled on a tomtom card. I put it on a bigger card and it worked fine. If the card is readable, I don't see why you can't copy it.

GeeCee · #2 (**permalink**) 01-13-2009, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ruskiyab

Hmmm... I once bought a used treo that came with TomTom preinstalled on a tomtom card. I put it on a bigger card and it worked fine. If the card is readable, I don't see why you can't copy it.

I'd imagine that it's not a run of the mill microsd card.. probably some sort of unique hardware identifier as a copy protection measure.

**ruskiyab** · #3 (**permalink**) 01-13-2009, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by GeeCee

I'd imagine that it's not a run of the mill microsd card.. probably some sort of unique hardware identifier as a copy protection measure.

It wasn't it didn't have as many pins as a normal card but you can make an image of the card I'm sure

**jmorton10** · #4 (**permalink**) 01-13-2009, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ruskiyab

If the card is readable, I don't see why you can't copy it.

Because each card has an unique ID number & the software can be locked to that ID # (which cannot be changed)

Garmin does the same thing with GarminXT software, it comes on a 4 gig card & if you clone it to say an 8 gig card it will not work.

I use GarminXT from my 16 gig Sandisk card, but I had to use a crack to do it even though I legally purchased the software from Amazon..........

~John