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Offline Job Van Dam

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Remove Rockbox & all, format DAP, put Rockbox back
« on: March 21, 2009, 11:47:41 PM »
I haven't updated my Rockbox for almost a year so there have been many changes, I've kept up with them on my PC but haven't actually updated my Gigabeat F20.

I was just wondering could I put all the contents of my DAP onto a separate harddrive, fully format the DAP and then just add all the contents back, one folder at a time, and everything should fly properly?

I'm just thinking this method would be better than just a defrag. Thank you.
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Offline saratoga

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Re: Remove Rockbox & all, format DAP, put Rockbox back
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2009, 01:06:50 AM »
You could do that, but it would be pointless (as would defraging an MP3 player).

Just install an updated build as normal.
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Offline yapper

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Re: Remove Rockbox & all, format DAP, put Rockbox back
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2009, 01:21:00 AM »
Quote from: saratoga on March 22, 2009, 01:06:50 AM
You could do that, but it would be pointless (as would defraging an MP3 player).

Just install an updated build as normal.
Defrag isn't ALWAYS pointless - a low capacity player that had been used for mpgs for instance might benefit.
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Re: Remove Rockbox & all, format DAP, put Rockbox back
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2009, 05:59:22 AM »
There aren't many low-capacity non-flash players. Defragging a flash-based player is one of the worst things you can really do to it.
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