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Hohenrain · 07-09-2017, 12:40 PM

Hi there,

If this post this in the wrong forum, feel free to direct me elsewhere.

I have this issue today. The situation is that I wanted to transfer a book from Calibre to my Nook Simple Touch as I have done so many times before. But something went wrong today. I got an error message about failing communication. Nothing was reported faulty until I tried to transfer the book, which is why I'm lead to believe that it's Calibre which does something.

Anyway, now Windows reports errors on my device when I connect it. It can not repair these errors. I tried all sorts of things. Copying the file manually doesn't work, since windows reports "no room available". It happens on both the internal memory and the sd-card. The sd-card is reported as faulty on Windows as well. Turning it off and on again *sigh* didn't do anything. Neither did a reboot. I can't format the device on Windows either, which is probably a good thing in most cases.

I tried a factory reset, but something goes wrong when connecting to B&N for the deactivation. And when the deactivation goes wrong, the reset will not complete.

And now the weird thing: I found a laptop I have which runs Ubuntu and installed Calibre on that. I formatted the Nook on Ubuntu (without issue) and restarted it, and now everything worked. I could transfer books, I could read the books. Huzzah! Or so I thought. Because as soon as I plug it back in to my Windows PC, the problems are exactly the same as before , and I still can't copy books to the Nook from Windows explorer either.

Just to make matters worse I thought at that point that it was my Nook which was to blame. So I tried my wife's Nook (same exact model), and now I messed that up as well.

Exactly the same symptoms too.

I'm running latest version of Calibre 3.3.0 on windows (disabling all plugins was tried, of course). The one I downloaded on Ubuntu which works is version 2.55. I wonder if that's the deciding factor?

Windows 10 Pro with all the latest updates, bells and whistles in terms of updates and patches.

...and of course a pair of now slightly paperweighty Nook Simple Touch

Any and all suggestions are very appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

07-09-2017, 12:40 PM	#1
Hohenrain Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Nook Simple Touch	Nook Simple Touch will suddenly not work in Windows10 Hi there, If this post this in the wrong forum, feel free to direct me elsewhere. I have this issue today. The situation is that I wanted to transfer a book from Calibre to my Nook Simple Touch as I have done so many times before. But something went wrong today. I got an error message about failing communication. Nothing was reported faulty until I tried to transfer the book, which is why I'm lead to believe that it's Calibre which does something. Anyway, now Windows reports errors on my device when I connect it. It can not repair these errors. I tried all sorts of things. Copying the file manually doesn't work, since windows reports "no room available". It happens on both the internal memory and the sd-card. The sd-card is reported as faulty on Windows as well. Turning it off and on again sigh didn't do anything. Neither did a reboot. I can't format the device on Windows either, which is probably a good thing in most cases. I tried a factory reset, but something goes wrong when connecting to B&N for the deactivation. And when the deactivation goes wrong, the reset will not complete. And now the weird thing: I found a laptop I have which runs Ubuntu and installed Calibre on that. I formatted the Nook on Ubuntu (without issue) and restarted it, and now everything worked. I could transfer books, I could read the books. Huzzah! Or so I thought. Because as soon as I plug it back in to my Windows PC, the problems are exactly the same as before , and I still can't copy books to the Nook from Windows explorer either. Just to make matters worse I thought at that point that it was my Nook which was to blame. So I tried my wife's Nook (same exact model), and now I messed that up as well. Exactly the same symptoms too. I'm running latest version of Calibre 3.3.0 on windows (disabling all plugins was tried, of course). The one I downloaded on Ubuntu which works is version 2.55. I wonder if that's the deciding factor? Windows 10 Pro with all the latest updates, bells and whistles in terms of updates and patches. ...and of course a pair of now slightly paperweighty Nook Simple Touch Any and all suggestions are very appreciated. Thanks in advance.