FAT is corrupted

[Gobles]

I am at a loss for the sansa fuze 8gb; couple of issues here. I am only showing 2gb internal and external when viewed through my computer. Upon power on, I get the flash screen and it shows connected, then it goes to an error screen which states," FAT is corrupted. Please connect device to PC and recover FAT". Then it shuts down. I tried to factory reset(holding the on slider up for 20seconds), and it worked or appeared to reset it;
still same result, tried reformatting both internal and external drives with windows(can not access internal menu), both formatted but still same error. I do not know what to do, I am using vista and the main unit still is not recognized as sansa fuze only as removable disk drives. The updater, (what a piece of....) never finds the fuze or any updates for it. I am not able to access the menu on the Fuze either to change modes or anything. Any suggestions would be greatly mind easing and helpful, thank you in advance

[eboyer93]

Did you format the drive with Windows or did you format it with the Fuze?

[Gobles]

formatted with windows, could not access the menu to do it with the fuze

[eboyer93]

Try scanning the Fuze with the error checking thingy in Vista. That worked back in the day with my Sansa E200 player

[WalkGood]

If recognized by pc and you do CHKDSK like eboyer93 stated, I would also re-firmware.

[Gobles]

how do i re-firmware?

[Gobles]

vista found sandisk sansa fuze 8gb usb device, error check came back clean. I think I just need to find a way to flash the drive with new firmware or something?

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by Gobles

how do i re-firmware?

Just download the latest version, should be in the fuze forums, un-zip and paste to the root of the player, disconnect and let it update the fw (don't touch any buttons during the update), you'll know when it's done from it's screen.

Edit: found link http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum...ad.php?t=41988 if you know your way around a pc, don't mess with the updater, it sucks and there's instructions there for manual update too ...

[Marvin the Martian]

If you don't watch videos, then I would recommend the .26 firmware for the Fuze.....for the audio-only user, that firmware is rock-solid, and you won't have the silly SlotRadio icon on your menu, or the EU volume limiter.

That firmware does have a video glitch though, so if you watch them, then go for the newest firmware.

[Gobles]

I do not have any way to access the root of the player though, the player is only recognized in the device manager

[eboyer93]

it doesn't show up as a removable drive in My Computer?

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by Gobles

I do not have any way to access the root of the player though, the player is only recognized in the device manager

Must be connected in msc mode and it would be the new drive letter that shows up under computer in windows explorer.

Edit:

Originally Posted by eboyer93

it doesn't show up as a removable drive in My Computer?

Is it connected in msc mode, that would be the only way.

[Gobles]

yes it shows up as only removable drives; i install the firmware into the removable drive?
I could not find anything about manual updating on the link, thanks though walkgood

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by Gobles

yes it shows up as only removable drives; i install the firmware into the removable drive?
I could not find anything about manual updating on the link, thanks though walkgood

Read from "MSC mode instructions" on that link above, that's manual method and yes the root is the drive, you should see it on the left pain of win exp, gives you the new drive letter there too.

[Gobles]

I dropped the update into the drive and nothing happens, when i disconnect, i get the FAT is corrupted error and it shuts down

[WalkGood]

This might sound stupid, but did you un-zip the fw first? and are you sure you connected in msc mode?

[Gobles]

it was unzipped, im gonna try the other removable disk now, will report back in a min

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by Gobles

it was unzipped, im gonna try the other removable disk now, will report back in a min

lol, forgot to tell you that it should have 2 drives, one for the fuze and the second is the microSD slot Make sure you use the fuze one ...

Edit: sorry, i assume most know this stuff by reading the fuze forums ...

[Gobles]

it doesn't work on either drive; is it supposed to be a .bin file when unzipped?

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by Gobles

it doesn't work on either drive; is it supposed to be a .bin file when unzipped?

Yes, a 15mb fuzeA.bin

Edit:

All languages are now in one firmware version. After firmware update you will need to select your Language and Region preference.

• Ensure your battery is > 50% full.
• Extract the .zip file into a folder on your computer.
• Once extracted, drag the file to the root directory of your Sansa Fuze.
• Disconnect the Sansa Fuze and let it begin the firmware update.
• Once it finally finishes doing its update, it will turn itself off.
• Turn the Fuze on Select your language and region preference
• Once its back to the main menu, head to "Settings" > "System Settings" > "Info", and verify the "Version" is now 01.02.26"x".

BTW don't drag the folder, just the .bin