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Originally Posted by HarryT
This really isn't true. Pretty
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Obviously for the OP it is true. s/he has a 'kaput' ereader as a result of:
a. Not ejecting it before unplugging it;
b. a corrupted file system because s/he tried formating it with Windows.
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much every reader exposes a FAT or FAT32 volume to the outside world, and formatting it from a PC is absolutely fine. It's a completely normal thing to do on many devices.
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So you're willing to try it with your Sony Ereader? And let us know the results?
My Classic iPod (80GB model) is fully readable/ and writeable in Windows Explorer, (XP and Win 7) in Windows Media Player, Win Amp, and Media Monkey.
But if I try to write (copy ANYTHING) to it with anything but iTunes the file system is corrupted, and iTunes says (at best) it needs to be reset to factory defaults, and ALL my MP3's need to be reloaded.
That is from personal experience when I first got it, and trying to do what you say I should be able to do.
Another example: My NAS has a version of embedded Linux, and runs a Linux file system. That file system allows me to read and write to it using Windows, but does NOT allow formatting by Windows as the formatting process is incompatiable with the file system the embedded linux uses to read/write to the hard drives in the NAS.
Embedded linux file systems have a file translation process that allows Windows to see, read, and write to the storage (hardrives) or memory of the device. Trying to format that storage or memory with an external file system directly will (most likely) corrupt the file system, as the OP found out to his/her cost.