Optimal Megatron
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Technical Troubles
So, out of the blue, my MP3 player(a Memorex one) starts giving me an error message of "Incorrect Format. Reformat player."
I check the instructions, and see that it means what I think it means: reformat the disks on it.
However, when I open the thing through My Computer and attempt to format the disk( J:drive on mine), it completes the 'status' bar, hovers for a few minutes, then says the format could not be completed. When I attempt to X out of the window, the window freezes and CTRL ALT DELETEing out of the window causes my taskbar and icons to disappear for minutes at a time(15 minutes after one disappearance I simply logged off then back onto my account to fix it).
Anyone have any suggestions?
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6/27/2006, 6:31 am
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lord eddy
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Re: Technical Troubles
One possible solution... First of all, does your MP3 player run on memory cards or built-in storage? If it's the former...use the CD software that came with the MP3 player (don't use Autorun, though!). Explore the disc, open the 'Products' folder and run stusbmscformat.exe. Should show a drive letter for the player (provided nothing freezes)...select the next drive letter down, then click start.
Hopefully this should solve the problem. :D
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6/27/2006, 6:46 am
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Optimal Megatron
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Re: Technical Troubles
It runs on memory cards AND built in memory. Has an expansion port that I have a 520 MB memory card in, which formatted without trouble. The internal storage is the finnicky one.
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6/27/2006, 6:57 am
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Re: Technical Troubles
RTFM!
Check to see if your MP3 player has a format function built in. cause some players will throw a fit unless it does the formating.
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6/27/2006, 7:20 am
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Re: Technical Troubles
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Optimal Megatron wrote:
It runs on memory cards AND built in memory. Has an expansion port that I have a 520 MB memory card in, which formatted without trouble. The internal storage is the finnicky one.
Okay, here's another question...are you trying to format it as FAT or FAT32? If the latter, try the former. Also, if you haven't already, try that executable file from my first message on the internal storage as well. It should be the same whether its internal or external.
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6/27/2006, 11:07 am
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Re: Technical Troubles
Tried formatting it in FAT, and it did it just fine....unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem apparently. The error message remains.
The following is what I found under /Programs:
Not sure which one of those is what I should be using.
To Wing's suggestion, the manual instructs you to format through the usual 'format this drive' setting on Windows, so I'm guessing it's not that.
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