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willgordon · 08-14-2008, 09:39 AM

Oh boy am I in trouble. Please HELP!!

The trouble started the first day I got my PRS-505, after a few hours of use, when the buttons became non-responsive. I figured it was the battery, so I charged it. But then the same problem.

It reboots after I press the reset button, and the red light goes on when I charge, via USB, so I figure that it must have plenty of battery at this point. It has never refused the soft reset.

Sooooooo I searched around the forums, and found the pages about 1) doing a hard reset, which didn't work for me despite trying many, many times.

So then I tried 2) reformatting the hard drive which may have been my big mistake. I'm now having the "Invalid Format!" error, with the grayed out screen.

I've tried formatting both with Windows and Mac, FAT16, and no success. I may have messed up the filesystem? Does anybody have a photo of what the filesystem should look like? I didn't make a disk image before... stupid, I know.

If anybody has a disk image I could use to restore the internal memory, or any other tips besides pressing the center button, I'd be SOOOOOOOOOOO grateful.

Thanks!
Will

08-14-2008, 09:39 AM	#1
willgordon Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: PRS-505	PRS505 Invalid Format (tried EVERYTHING! got an ISO?) Oh boy am I in trouble. Please HELP!! The trouble started the first day I got my PRS-505, after a few hours of use, when the buttons became non-responsive. I figured it was the battery, so I charged it. But then the same problem. It reboots after I press the reset button, and the red light goes on when I charge, via USB, so I figure that it must have plenty of battery at this point. It has never refused the soft reset. Sooooooo I searched around the forums, and found the pages about 1) doing a hard reset, which didn't work for me despite trying many, many times. So then I tried 2) reformatting the hard drive which may have been my big mistake. I'm now having the "Invalid Format!" error, with the grayed out screen. I've tried formatting both with Windows and Mac, FAT16, and no success. I may have messed up the filesystem? Does anybody have a photo of what the filesystem should look like? I didn't make a disk image before... stupid, I know. If anybody has a disk image I could use to restore the internal memory, or any other tips besides pressing the center button, I'd be SOOOOOOOOOOO grateful. Thanks! Will