URGENT HELP NEEDED!!! 1st-time using USB Host = "no file" in root issue! HELP!!!

Strat · 03-09-2012, 15:39

Everytime I booted the X5, I'd get into the $Recycle.Bin folder. I wanted to delete it and did some research. It appeared to be possible to delete it from within the player by using the USB Host feature.

I go into the Menu, then chose USB Host, saw that I had 23 megs left, scrolled down to the $Recycle.Bin folder, pressed the joystick and selected "Delete." About 5 min go by after which it now says I have more than 9.5gb of additional space left.

When I went back into the Digital AV section of the menu, I saw that most of my folders had disappeared!

I only have the following, now ;

- Bookmark
- D-Playlist
- Playlist
- Textfile
- Record
- Voice

All of my folders are accounted for when I go back into the USB Host section but seem to be empty. Same thing in Windows. Now, when I boot the player up, it says "Root : No File." Basically, it's saying that all my music is GONE! But in Information, the player states that all the space that should be taken by music is still taken.

Therefore, the files are probably still there, but I can't access them, for some reason. I've performed a firmware "upgrade" (2.10-E). No change. Pressed the Reset button. No difference.

Now, the player isn't recognized as a Cowon X5 in Windows, but rather a simple "Local Disk."

How can I revert things back? I'm freaking out, here!!!

This guy had the same issue, but there was never any follow-up ; http://iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=26528

Strat · 03-09-2012, 19:32

Well,... I looked high and low and figured that it's probably a problem with the TOC (table of contents).

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way to recreate it or fix the current one, which prevented me from seeing the files even though I knew for a fact they were still there.

Therefore, I had no choice but to perform a Scandisk operation on the HD which detected broken links on every single file and then stored them away in a folder called FOUND001. All the files were put in there with a name starting with FILE****.CHK.

Renaming the extension of the files to whatever I assumed they were would make them playable again (MP3, OGG, etc.). Unfortunately, there's no way to restore the filenames, so my choices were either to rename each file individually after listening to it to discover what it is, or simply start from scratch.

I had a few videos files which were easily identifiable since they were logically the biggest ones, so I transferred these only to delete the rest afterwards. A few MP3 albums I had lying around were copied onto the newly-empty X5 and everything works now, as the folders that were missing are now back as well.

Since nobody bothered to write anything about this situation's follow-up, here's how it plays out.

Hope it helps somebody, someday.

03-09-2012, 15:39	#1
Strat Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 41	URGENT HELP NEEDED!!! 1st-time using USB Host = "no file" in root issue! HELP!!! Everytime I booted the X5, I'd get into the $Recycle.Bin folder. I wanted to delete it and did some research. It appeared to be possible to delete it from within the player by using the USB Host feature. I go into the Menu, then chose USB Host, saw that I had 23 megs left, scrolled down to the $Recycle.Bin folder, pressed the joystick and selected "Delete." About 5 min go by after which it now says I have more than 9.5gb of additional space left. When I went back into the Digital AV section of the menu, I saw that most of my folders had disappeared! I only have the following, now ; - Bookmark - D-Playlist - Playlist - Textfile - Record - Voice All of my folders are accounted for when I go back into the USB Host section but seem to be empty. Same thing in Windows. Now, when I boot the player up, it says "Root : No File." Basically, it's saying that all my music is GONE! But in Information, the player states that all the space that should be taken by music is still taken. Therefore, the files are probably still there, but I can't access them, for some reason. I've performed a firmware "upgrade" (2.10-E). No change. Pressed the Reset button. No difference. Now, the player isn't recognized as a Cowon X5 in Windows, but rather a simple "Local Disk." How can I revert things back? I'm freaking out, here!!! This guy had the same issue, but there was never any follow-up ; http://iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=26528 Last edited by Strat; 03-09-2012 at 15:43..

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03-09-2012, 19:32	#2
Strat Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 41	Well,... I looked high and low and figured that it's probably a problem with the TOC (table of contents). Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way to recreate it or fix the current one, which prevented me from seeing the files even though I knew for a fact they were still there. Therefore, I had no choice but to perform a Scandisk operation on the HD which detected broken links on every single file and then stored them away in a folder called FOUND001. All the files were put in there with a name starting with FILE****.CHK. Renaming the extension of the files to whatever I assumed they were would make them playable again (MP3, OGG, etc.). Unfortunately, there's no way to restore the filenames, so my choices were either to rename each file individually after listening to it to discover what it is, or simply start from scratch. I had a few videos files which were easily identifiable since they were logically the biggest ones, so I transferred these only to delete the rest afterwards. A few MP3 albums I had lying around were copied onto the newly-empty X5 and everything works now, as the folders that were missing are now back as well. Since nobody bothered to write anything about this situation's follow-up, here's how it plays out. Hope it helps somebody, someday.