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veste · 01-03-2012, 11:58 PM

Happy New Year, everyone!
I've had a Skytex Primer (7" colour) for a little while now, and it seems like a decent reader, but I've had a few problems.
I needed to upgrade the firmware in order to have it support Adobe Digital Editions (which the public library system uses to lend out e-books). After several tries at upgrading it on a friend's computer (I'm a Mac person and there's no Mac version), I finally got it updated. Yay! However, when I took the primer home and connected it to my computer, it wouldn't read it and said that it wasn't formatted. That's where I think I screwed up. I tried to format the reader using Disk Utility using the FAT format. In doing so, I must have overwritten the file structure on the reader. The computer will recognize it so far as loading the disk drive, but the folders that were there before are gone. When I try to drag a file to the reader, the file will be copied on to it, but won't show up on the reader's menu screen. The Ebook, Music, Video, and Photo menu items all respond No File! The Radio and Calendar sections are working fine, however, and the Adobe logo still shows in the corner.
I'm interested to hear everyone's opinion. If I can replicate the original folders that were on the reader, would that fix my problem? Or is there a file I've inadvertently erased which tells the reader where to find the files which is the problem? Has anyone had a similar problem? I tried to run the upgrade again on my friend's computer, but the upgrader won't allow me to do this. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Steve.

01-03-2012, 11:58 PM	#1
veste Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: skytex primer	Skytex Primer problem Happy New Year, everyone! I've had a Skytex Primer (7" colour) for a little while now, and it seems like a decent reader, but I've had a few problems. I needed to upgrade the firmware in order to have it support Adobe Digital Editions (which the public library system uses to lend out e-books). After several tries at upgrading it on a friend's computer (I'm a Mac person and there's no Mac version), I finally got it updated. Yay! However, when I took the primer home and connected it to my computer, it wouldn't read it and said that it wasn't formatted. That's where I think I screwed up. I tried to format the reader using Disk Utility using the FAT format. In doing so, I must have overwritten the file structure on the reader. The computer will recognize it so far as loading the disk drive, but the folders that were there before are gone. When I try to drag a file to the reader, the file will be copied on to it, but won't show up on the reader's menu screen. The Ebook, Music, Video, and Photo menu items all respond No File! The Radio and Calendar sections are working fine, however, and the Adobe logo still shows in the corner. I'm interested to hear everyone's opinion. If I can replicate the original folders that were on the reader, would that fix my problem? Or is there a file I've inadvertently erased which tells the reader where to find the files which is the problem? Has anyone had a similar problem? I tried to run the upgrade again on my friend's computer, but the upgrader won't allow me to do this. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Steve.