tried to update to the os version 2.10 but having trouble

PLEASE, PLEASE, HELP, HELP! I tried to update to the os version 2.10 but having trouble for hours. I did just like what it says to do at akai's website to upgrade and I just can't get it. Do I need to do something to the card like format it and if so, how do I do that? When the card is in the mpc, it sees the 2.10 file but I just don't get it. I have the memory card in and push window down and turn the power on like the website says. It says that a correct os file wasn't found. PLEASE, PLEASE, HELP, HELP! Here is my telephone number: 818-841-2131, if anyone can please help, please call me, John,
thanks in advance
ps. this is for an akai mpc 1000

MPC 1000 V2.10 update procedure
***** BEFORE YOU BEGIN! ****
After upgrading, it may be necessary to format your internal hard drive.
Please make sure to back up all contents of the internal hard drive
BEFORE upgrading the OS

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How to copy OS bin file to CF with MPC1000 and Computer
Required Equipment: Compact Flash (CF), USB mass storage class supported computer (Windows XP/ME/2000 or Mac OSX, OS9.x)
1. Download the MPC1000 OS from our website to your computer
2. Your browser should automatically unzip the file and you should have a file called MPC1000.BIN on your computer
3. Insert Compact Flash into MPC1000
4. Switch the MPC1000 on
5. Go Load mode, then press USB (F4)
6. Connect a USB cable between PC to MPC1000 (display will change from ‘Status=Not Connected’ to ‘Status=Connected’)
7. PC will mount the CF card of the MPC1000 as a drive on your computer
8. Copy (drag) OS .bin file on to the CF
9. Once the file has been copied, disconnect the USB cable

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How to update MPC1000
1. Insert CF with OS data into MPC1000
2. Turn the power on while pressing down the WINDOW button
3. Press the REC button- the MPC1000 will start processing the update and will then re-boot automatically with the new OS

***** IMPORTANT NOTE *****
DO NOT SWITCH OFF THE MPC1000 WHILST IT IS UPDATING THE OS!

all the info you need is really here!
make sure you delete the old OS file from the CF card.
no reason to tripple post

i had a the same problem which i resolved by formatting a CF card in the MPC, adding only the new OS to that card and going through the upgrade procedure, i spotted on other posts that people had problems upgrading from versions below 1.7 directly to 2.

How do you format the the cf card in the mpc?
thanks,
John

intermodal wrote:i had a the same problem which i resolved by formatting a CF card in the MPC, adding only the new OS to that card and going through the upgrade procedure, i spotted on other posts that people had problems upgrading from versions below 1.7 directly to 2.

djjohnk wrote:How do you format the the cf card in the mpc?
thanks,
John

Do you have a manual? Otherwise I suggest you do a search on this site to find a link to the PDF version, as I presume you don´t have the patience to actually find it yourself on the Akai site.

If you´ve read the manual and tried a few times and you still don´t understand how you do it you can drag your **** up questions on to the forum.

Well, I had exactly the same problem....When I followed the process with my MAC computer, I would get that same error........Then I copied the OS file to the Flash card with my Windows PC that I have in my office and It worked. If you have a MAC computer and you'are experiencing the same problem try using a Windows computer to copy the OS file to the Flash card and try it......It should work

I'm using a pc but I think that I either need the upzip program and or I need to format the cf card. Did you do all this as well?
thanks,
John

Dannymon wrote:Well, I had exactly the same problem....When I followed the process with my MAC computer, I would get that same error........Then I copied the OS file to the Flash card with my Windows PC that I have in my office and It worked. If you have a MAC computer and you'are experiencing the same problem try using a Windows computer to copy the OS file to the Flash card and try it......It should work

the reason why ppl don't want to help with this sort of questions is because it just plain waste of time to quote large chunks of text out of the manual.
i'ts just easier for you to look it up.
try formating your CF (page 84 in the manual) and then follow the above
updateinstructions from AKAI step by step.
if you downloaded the updatefile from akaipro.com the file is, just like you
suggested, compressed into a zipfile.
use something like winzip to decompress it and the file inside is the updatefile to copy onto your newlyformatted CF card.
it's pretty basicstuff and its well documented.

it would'nt hurt to just experiment with these things and don't give up if it does'nt go right the first time.
now good luck updateing.
by the way is that your real phonenumber?

1.first try downloading the OS from another PC.
2.download winzip for free.
3. format your CF card to make sure no other OS is on there.
4. Plug in your MP,stick the formated card in and take the download os and
drag it to the cf card. Then turn on while holding key window button. then hit record button so mp can re-boot.

Thanks for all of you who called and emailed and tried to help. I did it! Every person that posted and emailed and tried to help, did. If you are not good with computers, the directions are not for you. I missed one step that was not mentioned but I guess if you have knowledge of a computer or know a lot about computers, then the conversion from the old to the new would be easy. For me, that was not the case. There should have been an extra suggestion or "to do" after point 7 above. The thing that I missed was to open the mpc1000_os_v210 with the zipper icon and then click on extract and then you have to copy and drag the mpc1000_os_v210 icon without the zipper to the mpc1000 icon. Now to me, if this was explained in detail the way I posted it, then maybe I wouldn't have had any problems or for that matter anyone else but I did. Any how, thanks again for all the people out there that tried to help. You guys are awesome. You guys will always be my mpc1000 brothers. In the future, if I need any help, I will definetly be back. Thanks again, John