Reconnecting to disconnected notebook on thumbdrive

[coolnote]

I keep a certain ON notebook on a thumbdrive, so I can work on the problem on
two different computers. I leave the notebook open on both computers A and B,
where it is cached. I work the notebook on both computers through the week,
but leave it on computer A until the weekend. On Friday I shut computer A
down and remove the thumbdrive. I take the thumbdrive to computer B, where it
also has a version of the notebook cached open. But when I insert the
thumbdrive, although Windows can see it, ON cannot and reports that the
notebook is not connected.

Here is my procedure to get it synching on B -- is the following correct?
Right click on the notebook,
Click Properties,
Click Change Location,
Select the folder containing the notebook on the thumbdrive.
ON on B reports that it is synching to the thumbdrive.

But I would appreciate reassurance: Does this mean that changes in both the
cached version on computer B and the stored version on the thumbdrive will
synch properly in both directions, and that when I take the thumbdrive back
to computer A on Monday it will synch there too, if needed using this same
reconnect procedure to point the notebook on A to the thumbdrive?

 

[Bernd]

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I keep a certain ON notebook on a thumbdrive, so I can work on the problem on
two different computers. I leave the notebook open on both computers A and B,
where it is cached. I work the notebook on both computers through the week,
but leave it on computer A until the weekend. On Friday I shut computer A
down and remove the thumbdrive. I take the thumbdrive to computer B, where it
also has a version of the notebook cached open. But when I insert the
thumbdrive, although Windows can see it, ON cannot and reports that the
notebook is not connected.

There is something wrong with the path to your notebook on computer A.
The "not connected" report is alarming and your manual intervention
shouldn't be necessary. Synching should automatically be done by ON
without any intervention.

So hold your mouse/pen over the notebook tab at the left navigation bar
and look at the balloon tip: the location of your notebook will be shown
AND should point to your THUMBDRIVE.
I assume this path is wrong and will show another location.

If I am right, close that notebook (after synching) once and reopen it
with the location on your thumbdrive. Now it should work.

Here is my procedure to get it synching on B -- is the following correct?
Right click on the notebook,
Click Properties,
Click Change Location,
Select the folder containing the notebook on the thumbdrive.
ON on B reports that it is synching to the thumbdrive.

That may be "correct" but NOT the normal way ;-)

But I would appreciate reassurance: Does this mean that changes in both the
cached version on computer B and the stored version on the thumbdrive will
synch properly in both directions, and that when I take the thumbdrive back
to computer A on Monday it will synch there too, if needed using this same
reconnect procedure to point the notebook on A to the thumbdrive?

Same answer as above. The configuration has to be fixed.

Bernd

 

[coolnote]

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So hold your mouse/pen over the notebook tab at the left navigation bar
and look at the balloon tip: the location of your notebook will be shown
AND should point to your THUMBDRIVE.
I assume this path is wrong and will show another location.

If I am right, close that notebook (after synching) once and reopen it
with the location on your thumbdrive. Now it should work.

Thanks Bernd, but re this point, how can I close the notebook after synching
if it will not synch because it cannot connect?

 

[Bernd]

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Thanks Bernd, but re this point, how can I close the notebook after synching
if it will not synch because it cannot connect?

Sorry, I mixed A and B.

So reread my post for B and look for the path on computer B.

Bernd