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I bought a digital mp3 player(512mb) day-before-yesterday. Today when I formated it, its size was reduced to 245mb. Now i can't understand how to bring it back to 512mb.

Any help would be appreciated.

I'm not really sure about mp3 players, but are you sure that it actually only holds 245mb, try and put a 300mb file or something on it because it's true amount of space migh be 512, but the format area may say 245. (Not sure if that will work or not, just have a go)

If not, then I'd take it back to save any hassle, it is basically brand new, so you may aswell .

Thanks for the reply traxtor but i have already tried that.

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Originally posted by traxor
If not, then I'd take it back to save any hassle, it is basically brand new, so you may aswell .

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Yeah im going to exchange it this evening(its noon for now). But I thought that if any of you help me with my problem itll be great. I wouldnt have to go a distance and would basically save time.

if i was you, i wouldnt say you foramtted it. with many MP3 players you are'nt supposed to so that could be the problem

Try formatting it to FAT, if it isn't.

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Originally posted by DJKAL
if i was you, i wouldnt say you foramtted it. with many MP3 players you are'nt supposed to so that could be the problem

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I never told the one from whom i bought it.

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Originally posted by rav0
Try formatting it to FAT, if it isn't.

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It is FAT.

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Originally posted by nimicitor
have you tried fat32?
does it need any firmware?

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No, it is FAT. I dont know how to change it to FAT32. No it doesnt need any firmware.

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Originally posted by -!Felu!-
I dont know how to change it to FAT32.

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When you format it, you get to choose a filesystem, you should be able to choose FAT32.

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Originally posted by -!Felu!-
No it doesnt need any firmware.

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It can't not have firmware.

try formatting from your player not your pc (if it has the option)

I can't help with this (sorry!) but it probably is a fault with the filesystem. Not to mention that most MP3 players have a file called settings.dat which is hidden and marked as system, it's only deletable when the disk is formatted - could have something to do with it.

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Originally posted by rav0

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Originally posted by -!Felu!-
I dont know how to change it to FAT32.

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When you format it, you get to choose a filesystem, you should be able to choose FAT32.

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IIRC, you can't format filesystems smaller than 512mb (proper mb) as FAT32.