directory error!!

ok every time i try to save a sample it say directory error!! wtf do i do when this stupid shit happens? i did a search n didnt find any forums on this topic! n i lookd in the manual! what do i do?

reformat the cf in the MPC.

nooo never all my sequences r saved in there n my space i have saved in there already ill do it when i get my hard drive so i can back it up before i reformat it!! i hate fl cards!!!!!! with a passion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you have a Mac or PC that you could backup the contents of the CF card to and then reformat? That might be your best option.

yeah i guess i could do that! but im kinda lazy soo ill think about it.. has this happend to anyone else?

n also when im using bluebox y do some samples come up conflict with so n so note? y does it do that? i think im going to throw this mpc through the goddamn wall!!!!!!!! i love the damn thing but its pissing me off! aaaaahhh

That sounds like the CF card has some bad sectors or a bad directory tree (which a reformat should clear up).

evil i feel your pain, ive had to reformat my cf card at least 5 times till i jus threw it out, hopefully u dont have a magicstor joint....ur shit will magically start to disappear

hi
i have the same problem, i have already format my cf but i have the sme fukin problem, when i arrive at 100 mb it says: directory error!! (the cf is 1000mb!!)

you are only allowed a certain amount of files in any one folder at a time, also the root dir, organise your sh1t better. (be sure to back up form time to time)

Penfold wrote:you are only allowed a certain amount of files in any one folder at a time, also the root dir, organise your sh1t better. (be sure to back up form time to time)

wow i didnt know dat, so no mater if its a 2 gig card theres still a limit?! thats crazy to me

Penfold wrote:you are only allowed a certain amount of files in any one folder at a time

He isn't talking about the size of the card, but the number of files in a folder. Make more folders and subfolders and organize your samples rather than have 1 folder with 100 files in it.

word, i kno that but i still dont get y there is a limit

Well in a computer there is always a fixed limit for something. If the 1000's OS uses a single byte for file enumeration that means you can probably have 256 files in a folder. This is probably what's going on.

ooo ok, well, my situation is i get that error and i cant transfer anything to the cf card from the computer. and i dont have alot of folders. even if i reformat, i guess its the sucky ass card