Replacement was easy.

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Post #277,198 by Another Scott 1/2/07 4:07:41 PM Reply	Replacement was easy. I put the new drive in a cheap Kingwin external USB enclosure and formatted it FAT32 with OS X (Disk Utility -> Erase -> MS-DOS Format). (XP will only format FAT32 to 32 GB.) I then used the instructions (in this thread) to install the new drive. It was pretty easy. I then powered it up and .... It also hung on bootup, until I plugged in the power adapter. Then it spun up and everything seems fine. It's much quieter than the old 20 GB Hitachi drive that came with it. I'm defragging the old 20 GB drive now. It seems fine. It's looking like the rechargeable batteries in the Archos are marginal, and the 20 GB drive might have some problems, but it seems OK in an external USB enclosure. I'll try RockBox when I get some time. So far, so good... Cheers, Scott.
Post #277,211 by Steve Lowe 1/2/07 6:08:37 PM Reply	Does it strike anyone else as odd.. ..that you used a Mac to DOS work because windows won't? -- Steve [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu]
Post #277,214 by Another Scott 1/2/07 6:11:42 PM Reply	Apparently Linux would have worked, too. :-) I'm not at all surprised. As an old OS/2 user, I'm used to these things. I'm just glad I knew about the issue before I spent 3 hours trying to get Windows to do it.... Cheers, Scott.
Post #277,215 by Steve Lowe 1/2/07 6:13:44 PM Reply	:-) -- Steve [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu]

Looks like I have my fun cut out for me. - (bepatient) - (14) - Jan. 2, 2003, 02:22:27 PM EST

Luck! And thanks for the pointer. -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - Jan. 2, 2003, 02:26:31 PM EST

No problem. - (bepatient) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2003, 03:05:29 PM EST

These trick eyes of mine... - (admin) - Jan. 2, 2003, 03:28:29 PM EST

Drive arrived yesterday. - (bepatient) - (1) - Jan. 10, 2003, 09:55:17 PM EST

Thats what I get for starting projects at 3am - (bepatient) - Jan. 11, 2003, 04:31:42 AM EST

My 20GB Archos Recorder has the click of death. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Dec. 28, 2006, 12:53:10 AM EST

Luck! -NT - (jb4) - Dec. 28, 2006, 10:02:14 PM EST

See my post to bepatient... - (imric) - Dec. 29, 2006, 08:45:20 AM EST

Replacement was easy. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Jan. 2, 2007, 04:07:41 PM EST

Does it strike anyone else as odd.. - (Steve Lowe) - (2) - Jan. 2, 2007, 06:08:37 PM EST

Apparently Linux would have worked, too. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2007, 06:11:42 PM EST

:-) -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Jan. 2, 2007, 06:13:44 PM EST

Riiich - (imric) - (1) - Dec. 29, 2006, 08:43:21 AM EST

It's on my list of things to try. Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 29, 2006, 12:48:51 PM EST

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