HELP READ ACCESS ERROR!

[sick hatch]

IM used to all the normal annoying errors from low batteries and stuff but now my player is saying:
Read access error!
Can't read from hard drive

and it wont recognize the hard drive when i plug into the usb so i cant even mess with the soft ware, i opened the player up and it looks like the battery solder is intact, ive been walking  with the player in my pocket at work did i bust the hd? can i fix it? if i need a new hd for my jukebox recorder 20 what is the cost, difficulty of install and could i possibly upgrade to a larger drive, i know people w/ 6's go to 20's so could i maybe go to 40? thanx alot

[mikeb]

Had the same thing happen to my V2 and after searching the web for a while, I couldn't find a solution.

I contacted Archos technical support and they repaired it under warranty.  I purchased the V2 in April 2004.

The complete turn-around time was almost a month.  It took 6 days shipping (via UPS ground) each way, and their RMA department had it for about 10 days.

When I received the unit back I noticed they had replaced the batteries as well as the hard drive.

One thing I observed (and it may be just my imagination), but the V2 with the newer hard drive has a noticeable gyroscopic effect when I am holding it.  Perhaps the rpm of the replacement drive is faster than the one that failed?

If your unit is out of warranty - I'd suggest replacing the drive as per your original email.

Regards,

Mike

[sick hatch]

has any one dona a home hard drive replacement is it hard do you need any special tools or is it just a straight foward swap? you can use any 9.5mm laptop/pda hd right? anyone know any good brands for this sizedrive i saw theres a few on ebay im thinkin gettin a 40 i guess cause idk wtf imma fill an 80gb w/

[jwikan]

Hey, This same thing is happening to me. Everything works fine but I can not access the drive from my computer. What the hell? What do you think the cost is to fix? The error message is telling me that I need to format the drive yikes! any advice guys and gals?jon

[sick hatch]

how would you format what you cant access

[TreborPugly]

I recently found that my XP machine would never finish it's initial contact with my Jukebox recorder.  It was working forever.  I think it couldn't get past some failed seeks on the hard drive or something.  However, a Windows 2000 machine could access it, if it was plugged in at boot time.  (It also had trouble with first access if I just plugged it in once it was booted up)

I ended up using the 2000 machine to reformat the drive on the Jukebox, and then my XP machine could see it again.  Although the XP machine is still slow, since it insists on "autoplaying" the drive when I plug it in.  So it tries to search the entire contents, which takes some time.

My jukebox was very full, and without reformatting, I couldn't run chkdisk on it from the 2000 machine.   Now I plan to leave a couple of Gigs free at all times.

[jwikan]

Hey sick hatch. What I mean was I can not view the files on the Jukebox anymore. When I click on the external drive that shows up in "my computer" It says it needs to be formatted first. When I say no thats it. any suggestions.....?

[sick hatch]

mine shows up in device manager w/ a caution tag aand says cant access but doesnt show up in my computer