Topic: Iriver h120 question

[Cheesecadet]

Hey there...I just deleted almost everything of my iriver and it says that I only have 400mb of free space.

I defraged the unit and it said I had 99% free space and 18 some odd gigs of free memory.

So does anyone know why the unit would say there is only 400mb of free space in the system menu?  Or do you know how i would fix it to be accurate???

Thanks!

Ryan in CA

[jonohull]

From the iriver FAQ:

[530] Why is Rockbox saying my drive is full when it really isn't?
This has happened to a bunch of people.  You delete a bunch of files in windows, but you're getting this damn message in Rockbox saying your disk is full.  The reason for this was best described by Petur in another thread:

'The problem you're seeing is that when deleting files through the usb connection (windows/linux/mac/...), rockbox doesn't know about the freed space.
For speed reasons the disk isn't scanned on bootup, and rockbox thinks the clusters are still occupied. We're still looking for a way to get round this, maybe do a scan in the background or set a flag somewhere when we suspect a scan is needed.

To make rockbox rescan the drive:

go to Menu -> Info ->Rockbox Info and tap the play button (or click the joystick).
You should see a Scanning disk message.'

To play it safe you should probably do this every time you delete a bunch of files via windows.  This problem does not occur if you delete via Rockbox. To delete via Rockbox, via the file browse just select the file or directory you wish to delete, then click and hold the joystick.  A menu will appear.  Select delete, and click the joystick another couple of times to confirm.   This can come in very handy when you're on the road and realise you don't have enough disk space to record the gig you've just set up for. Smiley

[Cheesecadet]

THANK YOU +T

I figured it out...on accident...but the last part of your email will come in very handy in the future!

Thanks!

ryan in CA

[petur]

in case you're wondering: this is not really a bug in RockBox but an issue with Windows: the free cluster count on the disk isn't always properly updated by windows. Rockbox only looks at that count, where windows always rescans the drive. So if you're wondering why windows is slow,...

[rsimms3]

Emptying your recycling bin helps too because those files go from the iRiver into the bin on your desktop.  By emptying the bin, you are basically syncing between the two to actually get rid of the files.

[Cheesecadet]

emptying the recycle bin did not fix the issue.

Only when I went into rockbox info and then clicked the joystick did it recognize the free space.

Thanks for all the responses!

[jonohull]

emptying the recycle bin did not fix the issue.

Only when I went into rockbox info and then clicked the joystick did it recognize the free space.

Thanks for all the responses!

Yeah, I had this problem with mine when I had it. It is very common. I plan on getting another iriver to replace the one that was stolen.