Gigabeat F40: Lost backup of original firmware

[michael.conner]

Due to a hard drive crash, I've lost my original GBSYSTEM folder with the Toshiba firmware.  Might someone be kind enough to e-mail me a copy (my e-mail address is in my profile)?

Thanks in advance!

[Llorean]

Do you actually have reason to boot the original Gigabeat firmware? I was under the impression it didn't have anything worth booting it up for, but haven't tried it personally so I don't really know.

[michael.conner]

Yeah, actually, I'm thinking about selling it.

[Nate!]

Why don't you do the person you sell it to a favor, and don't put the original firmware on it.   Leave Rockbox on.  The person you sell it to will probably just end up loading Rockbox anyway.  

Of course, this is just me being funny.  You can call Toshiba and they will ship you a cd with v3.x and Gigabeat Room v3.x.  That way you have the orginal media when selling it.

[michael.conner]

Mine was a refurb unit -- it came with a CDR with the Gigabeat Room install software but no actual firmware on the disc. 

[Nate!]

If you have "Room" installed, there is a menu option to format the player.  I think doing this in "Room" will also reload the GBSYSTEM directory with the factory bootloader.  If not, if you look in the Toshiba folder where Room is installed, you should see a GBSYSTEM folder.  (It may be hidden so make the proper adjustments to your OS to view hidden files/folders.)  Just copy the GBSYSTEM folder back to the root of your Gigabeat.  Slide the battery switch off then on again and you're back in the original firmware.

Calling Toshiba will get you the Manufacturer's Official CD with the updated version.  From what I hear, it's free and has the updated version.  All of that stuff mentioned above is on that CD.

BTW, just to make sure you are clear, the Original Firmware is basically just the unedited GBSYSTEM directory.

[michael.conner]

Aha... thanks for the info.  I don't have Room installed on my current machine, so I'll try that.

[markun]

Yeah, actually, I'm thinking about selling it.

Are you getting another player? Just curious.