Sansa Patcher doesn't work

[Toxicity]

So I had to reformat my Sansa e250, so I went to reinstall Rockbox. Unfortunately, when I hook it up and run the Sansa Patcher, I get this every time:



Help?

[LambdaCalculus]

Have you set your Sansa to USB Mass Storage Mode?

Do that (refer to your Sansa manual for help on that), then run Sansapatcher again.

[Toxicity]

Have you set your Sansa to USB Mass Storage Mode?

Do that (refer to your Sansa manual for help on that), then run Sansapatcher again.

Yes, I've tried the patcher in both MSC and MTP. Still doesn't work.

[Llorean]

Does your Sansa work fine in the original firmware?

[Toxicity]

Does your Sansa work fine in the original firmware?

Yes.

[Llorean]

What mode is your Sansa in when attached, and what does the partition layout look like?

[Toxicity]

What mode is your Sansa in when attached, and what does the partition layout look like?

It's in MSC.

It looks like this:

[Llorean]

First off, are you on an administrator account?
Secondly, I asked about the partition layout. Specifically I need to know the sizes of the normal and the hidden partition on your device. Since I don't use Vista, I couldn't specifically tell you a good way to do this.

[Toxicity]

First off, are you on an administrator account?
Secondly, I asked about the partition layout. Specifically I need to know the sizes of the normal and the hidden partition on your device. Since I don't use Vista, I couldn't specifically tell you a good way to do this.

Yes, I am the administrator. And there's no hidden partition on the Sansa because the patcher won't work.

[Llorean]

The patcher requires the hidden partition to exist to be able to work. The original firmware also requires it to work, because that's where it's stored before you boot, unless it's an R-series.

So, either you were wrong about the original firmware being able to boot, you're wrong about it not being an -R series, or you're wrong about there not being a hidden partition. Two of these three answers do explain perfectly why the patcher program doesn't work, though, so if either of the first two are right then you know what you need to fix.

[Toxicity]

The patcher requires the hidden partition to exist to be able to work. The original firmware also requires it to work, because that's where it's stored before you boot, unless it's an R-series.

So, either you were wrong about the original firmware being able to boot, you're wrong about it not being an -R series, or you're wrong about there not being a hidden partition. Two of these three answers do explain perfectly why the patcher program doesn't work, though, so if either of the first two are right then you know what you need to fix.

The original firmware works fine, and my e250 isn't of the R series. I'll keep messing with it until I figure it out.

[Llorean]

Then we've established that you have a hidden partition. How big is it?

[Toxicity]

Then we've established that you have a hidden partition. How big is it?

Okay, when I plug it in in MSC mode, there are two new partitions: One, which is called "SANSA E250", is 1.85 GB and is of the FAT filesystem. The other, which is just called "Removable Disk (K:)", has a capacity of 0 bytes, with 0 bytes used.

[Llorean]

No, this are two drive letters. The hidden partition, being "hidden", does not show up as a drive... You'll need to use a tool that can show you the actual partition table of the device.

[Toxicity]

No, this are two drive letters. The hidden partition, being "hidden", does not show up as a drive... You'll need to use a tool that can show you the actual partition table of the device.

Okay, found it. The hidden partition is 20 MB.