Topic: same issue again (How do I get a file off a iriver that locks up in transfer)

[desertoasistx]

Well I'm now having the same issue again. I can get one or two files off from tonight but the middle set gets to about 50% and it just stops and I'm left hanging. I know there is a way to save this wav cause it does play....and again I think it's a bad sector on the hd any ideas how to save it?

[Humbug]

This happened to me a month back. Minute freeze up in the recording causing a gap.

What didn't work:

-Transferring the file
-opening with CD wave straight off the iRiver
-opening with Audacity straight off the iRiver

And what did:

-opening with Soundforge straight off the iRiver

Just experiment till you find something that works.

The gap then needs to be closed up in your editor, and resaved.

I'm considering junking the HD this happened to, and CF-ing the iRiver.

[rsimms3]

The one time I had this issue I ended up "taping" it from one unit to another via Optical output.  I taped from the iRiver to a JB3.  My glitch happened about 3 minutes in and would stop playing, wouldn't transfer off.  Luckily the snag was before the show started and I could forward through it to tape it.  I ended up scrapping the Hard Drive because of that issue for fear of losing future shows.

[leehookem]

when is the last time you formatted your hard drive?

[bipton]

If your on linux or another *nixplatform you can use dd_rescue to dump the contents of your drive. Then use photorec or foremost to recover your wav files.