Broken GPS

[Orrsum]

my Father in law has a handheld Garmin GPS and the screen has died does anyone know if you can download the data from it someway?

[Local_Guy]

what model gps is it.

you should be able to aquire pc - gps cables from a good retailer for the model so you can save your marks..

[Orrsum]

its a Garmin GP45, and i found out a mate had a GPS72 he said it crashed,used to be a commercial fisherman off the Swains and has lost all his marks. i ws wondering if there are people out there that can extract data from the hard drive( if they have one).

[Local_Guy]

maybe talk directly to the manufacturer, send it in to them, that would be your best bet.

if you do that i'd recommend that you include a short note that you need the co-ordinates to be saved, and that you require the unit to be fixed, or state that your willing to upgrade and if they could put the old co-ordinates on the new unit.

[Orrsum]

thanks for that, i have since found out that you can get a cable to connect to the computer so i haveordered one may be able to help out both, it looks like it fits both models.