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Originally Posted by Neon Kitten
Less than 24 hours after getting my 650  I'm already spending time troubleshooting the various problems it has with sync via the Reader Library software, which should provide the same kind of no-hassles sync experience as, say, iTunes does with its devices. But having already encountered the multiple-copies bug several times and ultimately having had to format the reader's memory and start again, I have observed something that might explain things. Maybe.
The multiple-copies thing started after the first few syncs went flawlessly and I'd shut down the Library software, waited for "do not disconnect" to vanish and unplugged the 650. A while later I wanted to add some more books, so I added them to my library, reconnected the 650 and let sync start. It failed on the first book, hanging for some time and then throwing up an error that the device was inaccessible. Thing is, the device WAS accessible, and I could see it in Windows and in the Library software just fine. Shut down Library, unplugged, re-plugged into a different USB port, synced again, and got the duplicates... and then another "device can't be accessed" error. |
Two things.
Firstly you DO need to eject the reader either with the library software (of your choice) before disconnecting it.
Windows needs to know the USB device is going to be disconnected so it can stop reading and writting to it.
Secondly, you say 'had to' format the readers memory and start again.
How did you do this?
If you did it with windows explorer, then it's not surprising you ended up with Windows saying the device had lots of file errors and became inaccessible.
The operating system on the Sony Ereaders is MontaVista Linux
and it uses a linux file system.
Internal OS
According to the operating manual the Reader (PRS 650) runs the MontaVista Linux Professional Edition operating system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Reader
Formating the readers memory via Windows will be an NTFS format and most likely not work properly and certainly wont be compatiable with the readers OS or file system.
The better option would be to reset the reader by pushing the reset button and reload your books again with the library software.
I would recomend Calibre, I have been using it since I got my PRS 650, haven't used the Sony library software at all, and only use ADE to download purchased books which I then copy to Calibre to load on the reader.
I ALWAYS eject the reader in Calibre before unplgging it, as Windows 7 on all my computers see it as a connected and active USB device until it is ejected.