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Montana 700 spontaneous reset
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:49 pm
by csewell
Yesterday I had my Montana 700 connected via USB to my PC and added a couple of tracks to it via Basecamp. I unplugged the USB cable and turned it on. For some reason when it came up it looked like it had been factory reset. My icon arrangement, custom dashboard setup, and trip computer and other things were all reset back to the out-of-the-box settings. Is there any way to back up these settings up so I don't have to start over again the next time it happens?
Re: Montana 700 spontaneous reset
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:01 pm
by JungleJim
Did you properly eject the Montana from Windows? If not it could be that some files got corrupted.
To the easily restore your settings you can make a backup of the files in the Garmin\Profile folder. To restore copy the files to this directory again.
Re: Montana 700 spontaneous reset
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:43 pm
by GPSrChive
Re: Montana 700 spontaneous reset
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:29 pm
by csewell
No, I just unplugged it. It wasn't doing anything at the time, like copying tracks. I don't think I've ever ejected my previous Montana 680 before unplugging it, so the same with the 700; I'm pretty sure Windows has fixed that problem of removing a USB drive before ejecting it. In any case, I'll be sure to do that in the future. Also, thanks for the heads up on backing up my Profile settings. Hopefully restoring that will restore all the settings and icon layouts that I've customized.