deranger wrote:I regularly backup to PC and run Scandisk on the CF card to pick up any problems early.
Oooohhh.... yeah, I think that is a bad idea. I found that running PC disk diagnostics (scandisk included) made the corruption worse on my system. But if it's working for you then cool. I had the opposite experience.
Penny, why buy a new card? Here's a better idea.... Load up the problem songs (the ones that wouldn't copy) one by one, and save each one to a new folder under a new name. Then copy the new folders over. Then once you have copied all your stuff over, format the card
in the MPC, as deranger mentioned.
Then if you want to avoid getting any file corruption from there on out, use the following method. I'll post it again (
for the 10th time, and take this opportunity to rant about how many people complain about file corruption errors when I have posted this solution countless times. I guess they must have missed it. Good thing I saved it after the first couple of type-ups) Here it is, the solution to everyones file corruption woes. It looks a lot more complicated then it actually is, I just tried to explain it with lots of detail for those who are conceptually challenged.
tbonus76 wrote:The method I have for avoiding the saving crashes, directory errors, system errors, and the new folder bug involves "refreshing" the directory tree before creating the new folder. I was getting the errors quite frequently, but since I started this "refresh" technique, I have not gotten a single error. Here's what I do instead of overwriting:
1. In the SAVE directory tree, I move the cursor to the folder I want to save to and I hit RENAME, then in the RENAME dialog I hit COPY. This step is only so that I don't have to re-enter the individual letters when I get to step 5.
2. Close the RENAME dialog then delete the folder.
3. Close the directory tree. (At this point, if you go back into the directory tree, you will see that, in fact, the folder you just deleted has magically re-appeared as if it had never been deleted. Going back into the tree is not actually a step I take in the saving process, it is simply something strange I noticed when I was originally troubleshooting it.)
4. Here's where the "refresh" comes in... So after closing the directory tree (step 3), you should be back in the main SAVE dialog. Move the cursor up to the field at the top where you select where you want to save (i.e. MEMORY CARD or INTERNAL MEMORY or HARD DISK if you have one). I then change the option to INTERNAL MEMORY, and then I change it back to MEMORY CARD. That's the "refresh". Now the directory tree correctly reports that the folder was, in fact, deleted.
5. I then hit NEW to make a new folder, then in the NEW FOLDER dialog I hit PASTE (since i copied the name of the folder in step 1).
6. Then I SAVE ENTIRE MEMORY to the folder I just re-created.
I'm assuming this method would work for saving to the hard drive too, but I haven't been able to test that since I don't have a hard drive installed.
As far as I can tell, it is the combination of not overwriting, and "refreshing" that has eliminated the error for me. since I have been saving like this I have had ZERO errors. Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.
I would recommend a backup and reformat if you have been having the error a lot because you probably have some corruption already on the disk which could cause additional headaches later.
I guess step 1 should have been the format, so you can start fresh, but you get the idea.
) prefer cards that were formatted in the gear, *not* on a PC.
*generally*, if you save stuff to a corrupted drive/card you risk more corruption - it's better to save it on a known "good" medium. Your post (last paragraph) implies that as well: