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Old 01-01-2010, 07:30 AM   #1
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Kindle 1 memory issues

I've had my K1 for about 20 months and I've been noticing that it has been acting weird lately. For example, won't let me take notes or set a bookmark and I'd get a message that my memory was full. I did reset it by sticking a paperclip in that little hole in the back. No help.

However, I only keep a few books (no music or audiobooks) on there at a time. I deleted ALL content from my Kindle, pulled up the properties thing (I'm not very computer-able here) and it says that used space is 134 MB, free space is 48.1 MB. How can that be since there is not a single book on my Kindle right now? Ran the error checking tool for "Disk Kindle" and it says that I have "140,909,496 bytes in 398 files" with "50,464,768 bytes available on disk." What in the heck?

Do books leave little pieces of information that don't get erased. Is there a way to format (not sure of the term) my Kindle to get rid of whatever is taking up all that space?

Help! I can use an SD card, but it's so irritating.

EDIT - YAY! Here's the solution I found, and it worked:

On a Windows PC:
1. In Windows Explorer, Select Tools - Folder Options
2. In Folder Options, select the View Tab
3. In the View List, select the radio button to Show Hidden Files and Folders
4. Deselect the checkbox to Hide protected operating system files (the customer
may wish to re-enable after removing the index files from the Kindle)
5. Connect the Kindle to the PC
6. Open the Kindle internal memory on the PC
7. Open the System folder on the Kindle disk
8. Open the Search Indexes folder inside the System folder
9. Select all files inside the System Indexes folder and move them to the
Recycle Bin
10. Open the Kindle's SD card on the PC - repeat steps 7-9 to remove the index
files
11. Safely eject the Kindle and the Kindle's SD card from the PC
12. Disconnect the Kindle from the computer

My search index folder was full to the brim!

Last edited by Frodolass; 01-01-2010 at 08:05 AM. Reason: Found solution...
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Old 01-01-2010, 01:21 PM   #2
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Congratulations on successfully self-troubleshooting your issue. Feels good doesn't it.
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Congratulations on successfully self-troubleshooting your issue. Feels good doesn't it.
Yep! I went ahead and posted my solution in case it might help someone else.
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Yep! I went ahead and posted my solution in case it might help someone else.
Many thanks for going to the trouble to post your solution.

I have two K1's and have downloaded your solution just in case I have the same problem in the future.

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