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Subject: Re: HD Error...My baby won't boot!

Re: HD Error...My baby won't boot!

From: Nick Brodich <nick_at_moirbrodich.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 12:39:18 -0400

Hi Sophana:

    Is there any merit to replacing the hard drive at this point? If I am
already removing it, are there not better hard drives that can be installed?
Do you have any suggestions that I could look up on the internet and find
prices for?

Nick Brodich

----- Original Message -----
From: "sophana" <jobarjo78_at_yahoo.fr>
To: "Rockbox development" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: HD Error...My baby won't boot!


> Nick Brodich wrote:
>
> >It's worse than I thought. I couldn't back up my files, because there
were
> >errors all over the place. So I did a complete reformat, knowing that
all
> >data would be lost. Since it was all CDs I own, I can replace it.
> >ANYWAY..even after I have erased everything on the hard drive and have
> >completely reformatted, I still cannot get my unit to boot up. I get the
> >"Jukebox Ver: 5.08", then a quick HD Error, then a flicker and a shut
down.
> >I guess the hard drive is worse off than I thought. Any suggestions,
other
> >than warm up my credit card?
> >
> >
> yes remove the hard drive and insert it in a laptop then do a low level
> format with approriate dos tools (like ultimate boot cd), it worked for
> me several times.
>
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