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pinkpixie26 · 12-09-2009, 03:19 PM

So, I've had various problems with my Cybook Gen3 since I got it (freezing, lost bookmarks, general system corruption), and finally got ahold of bookeen, who had me reformat the device using disk utility on my mac. After reformatting, I noticed that instead of being formatted as FAT32, it's now formatted as FAT16. Is this going to be a major problem? If so, how do I reformat the device to a FAT32, when disk utility seems to want to format it as FAT16?

I have noticed that the cybook still freezes, and occasionally will delete all the bookmarks I've placed after I reset the device. Thus, bookeen's suggestion that I reformat the device doesn't seem to have helped with the main issues I've been having. Could this be related to the FAT16 format? It was FAT32 before, so I'm not sure, since the problems seem to be pretty much the same.

Thanks in advance for any help-- I don't really know much about computer systems and formats, so please respond in the simplest terms possible!

12-09-2009, 03:19 PM	#1
pinkpixie26 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Cybook Gen 3	reformat cybook gen3 to fat32 from fat16 on a mac So, I've had various problems with my Cybook Gen3 since I got it (freezing, lost bookmarks, general system corruption), and finally got ahold of bookeen, who had me reformat the device using disk utility on my mac. After reformatting, I noticed that instead of being formatted as FAT32, it's now formatted as FAT16. Is this going to be a major problem? If so, how do I reformat the device to a FAT32, when disk utility seems to want to format it as FAT16? I have noticed that the cybook still freezes, and occasionally will delete all the bookmarks I've placed after I reset the device. Thus, bookeen's suggestion that I reformat the device doesn't seem to have helped with the main issues I've been having. Could this be related to the FAT16 format? It was FAT32 before, so I'm not sure, since the problems seem to be pretty much the same. Thanks in advance for any help-- I don't really know much about computer systems and formats, so please respond in the simplest terms possible!