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5.3 Hard disk formatting
If the installed disk is not formatted, it won’t be recognized by the player and won’t be able to complete
its booting procedure. In this case, you must format the hard disk from your computer. If your disk is
already formatted, you can skip this chapter.
Before switching on your player, press the
button and keep it pressed. Then switch on your player
with the front switch. After a few seconds, you’ll see this message appearing:
MODE USB
in the player’s display. You can then release the button.
Connect your USB cable if it’s not already done. Your computer will then detect a new device. (See point
6 in the previous paragraph)
Use a hard disk management utility to create a main partition and format your hard disk in FAT32. You can
use the «Format» function in Windows Explorer. Take care as it’s often necessary to create a partition
before being able to format the hard disk. This operation is a little bit difficult and we suggest you to use
dedicated software.
Under Windows 98SE, you can use the “FDISK” software in the MSDOS windows to create a partition.
Be careful, this is a delicate operation. In case of mistake, you could destroy all the data on your main
hard disk.
Under Windows 2000, use the Disk manager from the Control panel. Don’t hesitate to open the Windows
Help menu or to be helped by a specialist.
Please note that, in Windows 2000 or XP, the disk manage-
ment utility is not able to format in FAT32 a hard disk greater
than 32GB.
Never use a NFTS formatting.
If you have a hard disk greater than 32GB, you have to use
other software. Numerous commercial tools exist, but also
Sharewares and Freewares.
If you don’t have this kind of software, we suggest you to use
the SwissKnife Freeware that you can download on our site.
This utility software will allow you to create any kind of parti-
tion and formatting without size limitation.