I recently bought a Sansa Fuze (recieved it last week) which was working fine on my Windows 2000 system when plugged in MSC mode.
So i did a firmware update (to v01.01.22a) on a Windows XP system to get OGG and FLAC support, it still worked fine on Windows 2000 in MSC mode after that (transfered several tunes, enjoying the very good sound quality of the device ).
But then i formatted it using its internal format option, and now Windows 2000 wonât reconize the internal memory.
It connects as Mass Storage Device on the system, and adds 2 âSansa Fuze 2gbâ elements in the disk section of the Windows system manager (supposedly one for internal memory and the other for the MicroSD slot).
If i got a MicroSD card plugged in the Fuze, a drive letter gets assigned to it and i can read/write on it. But the internal memory doesnât appear at all.
When i go to Windows drive management, the internal memory actualy shows here as a drive, its capacity is displayed and accurate, but the âtypeâ is unreconized.
Itâs still working fine on Windows XP, i tried it on the computer where i did the firmware update as well as another one on which it had never been plugged on before.
I really donât see what the problem isâŠ
I tried uninstalling the 2 âSansa Fuze 2gbâ elements from the Windows system manager. But when redetected, the internal memory still doesnât show upâŠ
It seems the onboard format system of the Fuze doesnât create a proper FAT structure or something. This can be handled by some âflexibleâ systems (like XP) but not by some others (like 2000).
So what i did has been :
plugging the Fuze on a Windows XP computer where the Fuze internal memory was accessible.
copying the whole dirs and files from the Fuze internal memory to a temporary dir on the computer.
fast-formatting the Fuze internal memory using the computer (leaving all options as they were set already, like FAT filesystem and âSANSA FUZEâ as name, just setting fast-format mode).
copying back the dirs and files from the temporary dir to the Fuze internal memory.
Now the internal memory is reconized by Windows 2000 again, so i can happily use the Fuze on my main computer.
Maybe some Linux users face the same problem, reading various messages hereâŠ
Maybe some Linux users face the same problem, reading various messages hereâŠ
Not really, even after a format we rebel Linux users can see the file system fine. The only difference is that the device mounts as /media/disk instead of /media/SANSA FUZE.
Linux recognises ALOT more file system types than Windows ever will, and I mean EVER, till the end of time. Itâs like the different types of processors it runs on, Windows has about 3, Linux has about 64. (the entire x86 and 64bit x86 family line is counted as 1)
Linux recognises ALOT more file system types than Windows ever will, and I mean EVER, till the end of time. Itâs like the different types of processors it runs on, Windows has about 3, Linux has about 64. (the entire x86 and 64bit x86 family line is counted as 1)
I got Linux running on this processor. I think it will take some wacky adapter cable to load my Clip from it.
Wow, you seem like a naturally angry person hazza, i donât really see why you had to put ârebelâ here.
Cool down man, nothing wrong against Linux here, just trying to help. :manwink:
Hazza wasnât being angry (at least the way I read it). I donât believe he (or she) was âhotâ either. As Linux users are in the minority (although growing day by day), he simply referred to those willing to venture forth outside of the safe Windows bubble as ârebelsâ. The same was said of Apple users not that long ago.
He was merely stating reasons why he and his fellow ârebelsâ think Linux is a superior system to Windows. Maybe iti s, Iâm too dumb to know anything about it, but I donât think itâs ready for world domination just yet.
Wow, you seem like a naturally angry person hazza, i donât really see why you had to put ârebelâ here.
Cool down man, nothing wrong against Linux here, just trying to help.
Hazza wasnât being angry (at least the way I read it). I donât believe he (or she) was âhotâ either. As Linux users are in the minority (although growing day by day), he simply referred to those willing to venture forth outside of the safe Windows bubble as ârebelsâ. The same was said of Apple users not that long ago.
He was merely stating reasons why he and his fellow ârebelsâ think Linux is a superior system to Windows. Maybe it is, Iâm too dumb to know anything about it (and freely admit it), but I donât think itâs ready for world domination just yet.
He was merely stating reasons why he and his fellow ârebelsâ think Linux is a superior system to Windows. Maybe it is, Iâm too dumb to know anything about it (and freely admit it), but I donât think itâs ready for world domination just yet.
Yes it is and I have heard that this year is âThe year that Linux takes offâ⊠for the last 8-10 yearsâŠ
I just laugh and not really care every time I read that. Linux is the best solution for me, you (by that I mean anyone) could probably switch but whether the time and effort is worth it to do so is something I cannot answer. If you are willing to try, I (and thousands of others) are willing to help you.
For the record, I wasnât angry, I was merely opening peoples eyes to the fact that there is more to computing than the Start button.
BTW Did you know that 95% of e-mail sent on the internet will pass through a single open source program (from memory itâs sendmail⊠or is it postfixâŠ). It puts a lie to the âOh, theres more viruses for Windows because itâs so popularâ myth. There are many other lies and myths about the excuses for the cr*p poor less than excellent security record of Windows but I wonât bore you with them.
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