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Roy.A:
First of all im very sorry if this is not the place to post my problem, i had doubts whether to post this on the "Repairing and Upgrading Rockbox Capable Players" forum, but it looked like all the topics there are dealting with much more "Technically & Physically Broken" issues . nothing at my place is broken so . . . ~

It goes like this, i have an old Sandisk e250 2GB Sansa .
Today i was updating my rockbox version because i remembered i hadnt do that in a while .
(I was updating from 3.4 to 3.6)

Everything works fine, i set the settings etc. and threw some music on it ...

Then i noticed something weird that i may never noticed before, i checked to see how much free space i got (Right Click on "Sansa e250 (F:)" > Properties) , and im seeing :
Used Space : 1.79 GB
Free Space : 56.3 MB

But when im marking all of the folders (Including Hidden Folders) inside the drive, and then checking Properties, its saying that it weighs : 0.99 GB
so supposedly i should have more space for music ...
but its not like that - the drive is restricting me .

Now im not much of a tech-savvy guy so, am i missing something here ?  ???
Thanks for any Help in advance kind people ~

torne:
Your filesystem is probably corrupted - the free space value you see is not calculated by adding up all the files, but is just stored separately, so if writes are interrupted they can get out of sync.

Open a command prompt, and run:
chkdsk /f f:
and it will check the filesystem and prompt you to fix any errors it finds.

Roy.A:
Thank you so much for answering me that fast ! ace move dude ~ But ...
like i said .. im not much of a tech-savvy guy  :-\

Can you please explain to me the steps i need to do like you would explain it to an idiot ? (with step-arrows > and stuff)
im deeply sorry for my lack of knowledge in that field .

I read what you wrote and i dont know where i should make those actions .
should i do it through my computer (Click Start > Run > and type "chkdsk /f f:" in there) while the player is plugged to my computer ?
or is it an action i need to do through the rockbox on the player itself, while its plugged to my computer ?

Again thank you for your kind & fast response to my situation, and again sorry for my lack of knowledge .

yapper:
Do it from your computer (with the Sansa connected to the computer first)

Roy.A:
Alright, last confirmation for precaution .
i hope im getting it right, so that means the answer is :

" do it through my computer (Click Start > Run > and type "chkdsk /f f:" in there) while the player is plugged to my computer first " ?

is that OK ?
i will comment after i'll try it . thank you guys for your support !

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