19.0 Formatting the Player
19.1 Understanding File systems
Your player is like a small hard drive of data, and like any such storage device, it
has a
file system
. If you wish to reformat the player's file system, you may use
any standard formatting tools as long as it is formatted with
FAT32 file system.
19.2 Reformatting Your Player in Windows
Follow these steps to reformat your player:
1. Connect the player to your computer via
the USB cable.
2. Double-click
My Computer
.
3. Find the icon representing the player,
which will probably appear as
Removable
Disk
.
4. Right-click the player's icon and select
Format
.
WARNING:
Make certain the
file system is
FAT32
; otherwise the player will not work!
5. Click
Start
.
6. When the Warning message appears, click
OK
.
Once started DO NOT remove the
USB cable as this may damage the
player!
7.
Once the formatting is complete, you may access the drive through
My
Computer.
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