[Wylug-discuss] MP3 (UMS) Disk Space Usage

[Smylers]

James Holden writes:

> On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 04:36:19PM +0100, Smylers wrote:
> > My MP3 player's disk apparently has a large chunk of space taken up by
> > something that isn't there -- any suggestions for tracking down what's
> > happening gratefully received.
> 
> It's a FAT filesystem, it may be corrupt.
> 
> > Where's the space gone? How do I get it back?
> 
> The free space is probably being incorrectly reported. I'd back it up and
> format it.
> 
> James
> 
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
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John Hodrien writes:

> On Wed, 4 May 2011, James Holden wrote:
>
>> The free space is probably being incorrectly reported. I'd back it up and
>> format it.
>
> I'd do the same.  I'd tend to format it on the device itself, but it
> probably doesn't greatly matter.

Thanks, all. By randomly stabbing buttons on the device I eventually
discovered that pressing and holding the joystick thingy dead centre
reveals a 'settings' menu, and that re-formatting apparently counts as a
setting. That's worked a treat.

(Unfortunately I discovered this while at work, and was stupid enough to
try it. That left me with nothing to listen to on the commute home ...)

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