Topic: HELP!! My Iriver has died...

[Liquid Drum]

EDIT: It seems the harddrive is fucked somewhere. It will only allow me to access around 1.2gb then it fails. Can this be fixed??

Ignore below, I got it up and running now, just that the HD seems to be fucked at a certain point.


Can't get it to start-up...

I was running CHKDSK on it and it stopped at 76%.The program said it wasn't working and to either try again or cancel, I cancelled. I then unplugged and now it won't start up...

 

Is it fucked??

Can I save it?? What can I do?? Please help, I'll be very greatful of the help.

Simon.

[cgrooves]

Did you have it connected to the AC adapter while running CHKDSK?
Have you tried powering it up with the AC adapter connected?

[Liquid Drum]

Did you have it connected to the AC adapter while running CHKDSK?
Have you tried powering it up with the AC adapter connected?

I didn't have it connected via AC while running CHKDSK, I assume the PC powers the device.

I tried reseting the Iriver and it did nothing at all.

I just this minute connected the AC and I *think* I can salvage it, I'm gonna format the HD.


So how do I run CHKDSK without messing up my Iriver (I have an h120)?? I don't wanna ruin it before I've even used it properly.

Thanks.

[Liquid Drum]

I'm having big trouble here...

Won't let me drag/drop files onto it. It just crashes...

[petur]

euhm... in what way does it crash if you drag/drop files?

It is best to use the iriver firmware to format the drive, not windows.

I do not know if the h1x0 receives power over USB, I assume it does not. So always connect AC for lengthy operations.

Your next steps would be:
- format
- chkdsk
- install rockbox again

[Liquid Drum]

euhm... in what way does it crash if you drag/drop files?

It is best to use the iriver firmware to format the drive, not windows.

I do not know if the h1x0 receives power over USB, I assume it does not. So always connect AC for lengthy operations.

Your next steps would be:
- format
- chkdsk
- install rockbox again

I've tried formatting it with iriver and it will only allow me to access 1.2gb (roughly) before it fails and won't allow me to put anymore on it. I'm guessing theres bad sectors/parts somewhere.

Can this be fixed??

[petur]

formatting fails?

either the disk went bad or (more probably) the usb daughterboard connector has bad soldering?


FYI: h1x0 series do not charge over USB (says rockbox wiki anyway)

[Liquid Drum]

formatting fails?

either the disk went bad or (more probably) the usb daughterboard connector has bad soldering?


FYI: h1x0 series do not charge over USB (says rockbox wiki anyway)

Formatting works, but when I try to drop files onto it afterwards, after about 1 gig, it stops working.

I don't think its bad USB connection, becuase it shows up fine and connects/disconnects fine.

I can only think that theres a bad sector/part on the HD... 

[cgrooves]

formatting fails?

either the disk went bad or (more probably) the usb daughterboard connector has bad soldering?


FYI: h1x0 series do not charge over USB (says rockbox wiki anyway)

Formatting works, but when I try to drop files onto it afterwards, after about 1 gig, it stops working.

I don't think its bad USB connection, becuase it shows up fine and connects/disconnects fine.

I can only think that theres a bad sector/part on the HD... 

Wow, that's a lot of bad sectors for a 20 gig drive to develop all of a sudden.  I guess stranger things have happened.  Assuming you just got it from ebay, maybe you will be able to get another sent if you can't get it going.  For future reference, always connect the AC adapter when spinning the hardrive that much (which I'm sure you would have if you didn't think that the usb was charging it at the time).

[Liquid Drum]

formatting fails?

either the disk went bad or (more probably) the usb daughterboard connector has bad soldering?


FYI: h1x0 series do not charge over USB (says rockbox wiki anyway)

Formatting works, but when I try to drop files onto it afterwards, after about 1 gig, it stops working.

I don't think its bad USB connection, becuase it shows up fine and connects/disconnects fine.

I can only think that theres a bad sector/part on the HD... 

Wow, that's a lot of bad sectors for a 20 gig drive to develop all of a sudden.  I guess stranger things have happened.  Assuming you just got it from ebay, maybe you will be able to get another sent if you can't get it going.  For future reference, always connect the AC adapter when spinning the hardrive that much (which I'm sure you would have if you didn't think that the usb was charging it at the time).

I got it in ebay like 3 months back. Was working fine. I read a post that you should check the drive using CHKDSK before recording to make sure no bad sectors and since then its been fucked... 

Is there any programs or anything I can run that *might* repair it??

I'm running CHKDSK right now with AC power and its een on 4% for nearly 40 mins now which seems strange.

If worst comes to worst, can I get a new HDD?? where from??

Thanks,
Simon.

[deadhoarse]

Why were you running chkdsk?  If you need to recover files, there are better tools which are safer.

Chkdsk is for more than just recovering files, it can tell you if you have bad sectors on the disk.  Running Chkdsk shouldn't screw up your HD, but you really should be running it with the AC connected.

[whatboutbob]

If you've got bad sectors you can temporarily fix them, but it will continue to deteriorate.  Save yourself some headaches / lost recordings and buy a new disk.

[Liquid Drum]

I did some more searching and found 'SwissKnife'. I've created 3 partitions.

:F (which is 4.08gb)
:G (which is 6.52gb)
:H (which is 7.98gb)

I did CHKDSK : /r on all 3 partitions and found the following:

:F (wouldn't get past 5%)
:G (verified as fine)
:H (had bad sectors, but windows fixed it)

Now, :F is basically of no use so that'll stay empty. If I dropped all the rockbox and firmware on part :G, when I record it'll record on that drive??

I need my iriver to record on that partition only.

A question: :H had bad sectors, but was fixed, I don't really wanna risk recording on that, but I'll use it for my other files, music, etc...

One last thing: Did I do the test right?? When testing is says 'windows is verifying free space' and then a percentage goes up until it finishes and shows a small report.

Correct?

Hopefully, this'll be ok now (I have 6gb to record with, which is enough for me at this time)??

Thanks for help,
Simon.

[whatboutbob]

Not sure how to get it to record to the specific drive, but to re-iterate: your disk *will* continue to deteriorate.  Save yourself some headaches / lost recordings and buy a new disk.

[Liquid Drum]

Not sure how to get it to record to the specific drive, but to re-iterate: your disk *will* continue to deteriorate.  Save yourself some headaches / lost recordings and buy a new disk.

Where can I buy a new 20gb disk??

I looked around earlier and found nothing that looked trustworthy...