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I've Broken my Gigabeat F40!!

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GodEater:
These are the procedures we have for recovering a Gigabeat F or X :

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GigabeatFXPort#Gigabeat_Recovery_Procedures

mad dan:
Have tried the fix.
Unfortunately when I reconnect the HD the machine immediatley goes back into the "files missing-reboot" loop, which means I cannot access from PC.

gevaerts:
The gigabeat bootloader can be picky about exact filesystem details.

Have a look at e.g. http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=19740.msg141660#msg141660

mad dan:
Sorry, I know I'm being obtuse but:

How do I reformat if I can't stop the damned thing repeatedly rebooting?

I cannot get PC access to the HD.

ej0rge:
I've repaired half a dozen F and S models and i'm not sure how you got where you are. It's still unclear which one you mean, too, but I'm also guessing an F since an S would just tell you "error 3" or "error 5" or jump to recovery mode.

I've never had to use the recovery procedure suggested by others, but it sounds like a reasonable first step.

Actually, the first thing I'd do is switch off the battery, plug in the usb, and then switch it on - maybe it'll boot directly into the firmware usb mode.

If THAT didn't work, I'd break out my usb-to-toshiba-harddrive adapter and reformat, but I'm guessing you don't have one. Dealextreme sells a usb enclosure for these older DAP drives for about $6 but you probably don't need it.

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