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Formatted 16MB-Recovery Drive, Please Help!!!

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justshams:
i have formatted the 16 mB recovery drive and i have lost my sansa
i am able to getinto the recovery mode but the sansa does not comitt anything i put and jus freeses after i disconnect it
i donno what to do..

saratoga:

--- Quote from: justshams on July 31, 2008, 03:12:03 PM ---i have formatted the 16 mB recovery drive and i have lost my sansa
i am able to getinto the recovery mode but the sansa does not comitt anything i put and jus freeses after i disconnect it

--- End quote ---

Are you sure you did this?  I believe if you format the 16MB drive you lose recovery mode, so if you can get into it . . .

trickert:
Do this exactly and you should be good to go.

This also solves the two drives "can't access drives problem. It sort of repeats some of the "unbrick a sansa" instructions, but it was simpler for a non-techie like me to understand.

This procedure works with Linux or Windows with a Sansa e280 with hardware revision 1. it should work with any v.1 e200 series. All songs on the Sansa will be lost!

First step: Power off the unit by pressing the On/Off Button (may take up to 30 seconds).

Second step: Put the sansa into recovery mode. Put the HOLD-slider into the hold position (orange). Continue pressing the REC button while pressing once the ON/OFF button. The player goes into "Recovery Mode" (this procedure somehow dosn't work with firmware 01.03.01 and 01.03.07).Connect the player via USB cable to the computer. A 16 MB partition appears similar to a 16 MB USB stick.

Third step: Download  firmware from one of the links here in Rockbox (beware of firmware 01.03.07 - the MSC USB setting is gone!)

Unpack the zip file and additionally create a empty textfile named "sansa.fmt". Rename the file "BL SD_ boardSupportSD.rom" to "pribootLoader.rom". Rename the file "PP5022.mi4" to "firmware.mi4".

Move the three files "sansa.fint", "pribootLoader.rom" and "firmware.mi4" into the 16 MB partition which appeared beforehand.

Now eject the player safely by "unmounting" (Linux) or "safely removing hardware" (Windows).
Fourth step: After ejecting/unmounting/removing the hardware safely unplug the Sansa from the computer. Now it is formatting and this takes a while. Now put the HOLD switch back to normal (not orange).

Fifth step: The sansa e28XX boots normally and asks for the default language. All songs are gone but it works again.

Problems: may occur if not using the right firmware. Repeat the procedure with a firmware which is suitable.

If the problem persists there is hope as there is a great tool for linux called e200tool which helps restoring functionality when other procedures fail.
http://daniel.haxx.se/sansa/e200tool.html

justshams:
got it fixed.. with the help of my friend virtuoso015..
see http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=8443.msg133039#msg133039

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