FAT is corrupted

[Gobles]

i thought i was using the main drive initially, so no biggie; i have the right files doing exactly as stated; maybe this fuze is a lost cause....

[Gobles]

i was just dragging the .bin file, still no luck. Tried the updater with the .bin file dropped in the drive and get the message No Updattable Sansa product has been recognized

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by Gobles

i thought i was using the main drive initially, so no biggie; i have the right files doing exactly as stated; maybe this fuze is a lost cause....

That's hard to believe, unless there's a lose board inside of it and chances are you couldn't even boot it, if that was the case. You can try the updater if you wish, but it sucks IMHO, poping up every now and then asking to check for fw, it's like the blingy stuff on vista up :/

Make sure you are connected in msc, pasting directly to the root (ie the new drive letter) and you can try a safe disco if you wish, but I doubt that makes any differance.

[WalkGood]

Here's a pic, circled in red the new drive would appear on left below "e drive", for example as "f drive" bla bla bla

[Gobles]

looking at the drive in computer management, the main 8gb internal is separated into 2. One is almost 2gb Fat the other is almost 6gb Unallocated. Now I need to figure out how to delete these and make them back into 1.

[Gobles]

thank you for the visual aid, that is exactly what i needed. Luckily it is the same spot I was doing it from. I think the 2 drives are the problem on the main internal memory

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by Gobles

looking at the drive in computer management, the main 8gb internal is separated into 2. One is almost 2gb Fat the other is almost 6gb Unallocated. Now I need to figure out how to delete these and make them back into 1.

I've not seen that, are you sure one isn't the main fuze and the other the microSD? Formating the main drive correctly should fix that, make sure it's to FAT32 ...

Edit: My e200 also shows up as two drives, the smaller is the microSD card

[Hirudin]

Do you know what version your Fuze is? If you have a V1 make sure you're using the V1 firmware.
Or, to put it a different way: if you've already tried the V2 firmware give the V1 a try.

Can't you take the microSDHC card out to avoid confusion of which drive you should be using?

[Gobles]

its 2 drives under Disk J and the memory card drive is Disk K, I need to remove the partition and reformat with FAT 32. Just need to figure out how

[WalkGood]

Hold up, don't remove the partition, been a while, let me see how mine looks, but I need to go to other down machine brb

Hirudin great point.

[Gobles]

When I pull the card out, K is not accessible, PC says "Please insert a disk into Removable Disk K"
Disc J, looks like this
Without Card:

With Card:

[Gobles]

I am not sure what version it is, have never updated it and can not look at the menu right now. It was purchased about a year and a half ago

[WalkGood]

Here's what mine looks like below, the partition is where the sys files reside (fw) but it should be hidden within the "F drive" and should not appear where the root's at.

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by Gobles

I am not sure what version it is, have never updated it and can not look at the menu right now. It was purchased about a year and a half ago

Within the root, you should see a version file, open it in word note pad and you'll know the version.

[Gobles]

under device manager I get this:

This is how it looks in the list:

[Gobles]

I only have an xml file in there
<DeviceInfo>
<WMP DeviceID="{97E32FDF-4AC7-41CA-91B8-1AA069E530A4}" RelationshipID="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" />

</DeviceInfo>

[Gobles]

I think I need to remove that partition and reformat under FAT 32, any ideas, thoughts?

[Hirudin]

If I were you I'd just put both firmware files on it (one at a time). If they both don't work that sucks, but if one does work then you're money.

[Gobles]

i tried that already, im lost on this one. When I move the file over and disconnect from the PC, the unit powers off and upon turning on it goes back to the error message. I think if i get the partition fixed, then the manual update should work

[WalkGood]

I’m confused there should be several folders like music, photo, playlists, etc, ect … the xml file I would think should be in the hidden partition. One thought would be to remove any and all devices and reinstall drivers to see how it shows up then, but I'm a stuck on this one, I definately don't like the throw 2 fw's on there idea, that's not good.

Edit: I have to be /away for a bit (like 15min or so), hopefully someone else will chime in too, let me think on this some more, don't do anything rash as I don't know how to recover a fuze, only e200 :/