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Unfortunately you cannot accomplish the task in Windows directly and I do not know any utility working in Windows which can do it.
So I'm wondering is there any way to just completely remove rockbox settings and everything else on the HD at the same time instead of having to wait until I reinstall rockbox to delete the rockbox settings and have the Hard Drive as if it was just brand new with no trace of rockbox or anything on it, and then reinstall the H140 firmware and start fresh.
Mmmm: Cormie has already tried what you suggest and he really wanted to try to clean the player completely.
will that solution completely clean the hard drive? Would the manufacturer be able to see if Rockbox had ever been installed, for example, if the player was sent in for repair?
I was just pointing out that whether you overwrite the settings block or not won't make any difference. He seemed a little overwhelmed with all the various commands to input and I thought I would point out that unless he just wanted to try it as an academic exercise it really isn't necessary.
Quotewill that solution completely clean the hard drive? Would the manufacturer be able to see if Rockbox had ever been installed, for example, if the player was sent in for repair?The method I described will completely erase Rockbox from a manufacturers point of view, yes.
Quote from: Mmmm on November 14, 2006, 04:26:22 AMQuotewill that solution completely clean the hard drive? Would the manufacturer be able to see if Rockbox had ever been installed, for example, if the player was sent in for repair?The method I described will completely erase Rockbox from a manufacturers point of view, yes. Unfortunately that is a common misunderstanding of file systems and hard drives. Please read this: http://www.massachusetts.edu/hardwarefaq/faq.cfm (found after short googling). It is not very complicated to use unformat and unerase tools. Also the content of the Rockbox configuration sector can suggest that there was Rockbox installed.
Unfortunately that is a common misunderstanding of file systems and hard drives. Please read this: http://www.massachusetts.edu/hardwarefaq/faq.cfm (found after short googling). It is not very complicated to use unformat and unerase tools. Also the content of the Rockbox configuration sector can suggest that there was Rockbox installed.
Also (and this is just speculation) I would imagine that having a copy of rockbox on your hard drive wouldn't void the warranty as surely you can store anything you like on the hard drive - Rockbox isn't actually installed and can't possibly damage your unit in this state. I would imagine that the problem would only be with the bootloader. ( I am talking from an IRiver owners perspective - I'm not sure how the installation of the other targets works)
The content of the Rockbox configuration sector, however, would worry me a bit more. How can that be emptied?
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda skip=61 bs=512 count=1
How are all traces of the bootloader removed, then?
I don't really think they'd try to recover deleted data to see if the warranty might be voided. They might, but that's a risk I'd be willing to take. The content of the Rockbox configuration sector, however, would worry me a bit more. How can that be emptied?
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