I have a brand new 1Gig player like
the one pictured here (except mine's grey), and I'm having a really hard time transferring my MP3 files to it without it crapping out.
I'm trying to do an initial transfer of about 905mB of MP3 files at once using the standard copy/paste methods in Windows XP. The files
start copying ok, but then when it gets to about 530-550mB, I get an "Error Copying File or Folder" msg: "Cannot copy [song name]: The directory or file cannot be created". If I then browse the player, all 540mB worth of files that got copied before the error msg are there. After that, I can no longer copy any additional files to the player without getting that same error msg, even if I re-start the player, etc. After that, I simply can't copy any additional files to the player unless I wipe the drive - even if I delete a bunch of files to make "room" (so it's not a space problem).
BTW, before doing any of this I deleted all the goofy "sample" files from the player so that I'd have plenty of room to accomodate my 905 mB of MP3 files. It's not a simple lack of "disk" space because I get the same error msg if I try to bulk-transfer about, say, 625mB of files too.
Interestingly, if I try to transfer just a
single ~700mB file, I don't have any problems. Also, I'm able to transfer all these files to the player no problem using the bundled Media Manager thing. However, it insists on putting all my songs in sub-folders based on Artist name (and adding a buncha other folders I don't want). Besides, the whole reason I bought this type of Chi-Pod is because I wanted to use regular Windows file management, instead having to use some god-awful media mangler software, iTunes, Real, etc - yuck!
Anyway, here's what I've already tried, just so I don't waste anyone's time trying to re-invent the wheel:
*My first thought was that it was a space problem and that I had bought a fake/hacked 1gB player with only 512mB or something. I was about to contact the eBay seller and rip 'em a new "USB port" for selling me a fake. To verify that it wasn't hacked, I re-formatted using Disk Tool (Low, FAT16, no encrypted partition), and after the format it reports ~1gB, same as before. So I'm pretty certain it's not hacked. The low-level format also would've fixed any storage corruption that might have been there.
*I disabled all the Sleep & Power Saving stuff, thinking that it might just
appear to be crapping out at a certain point in the transfer - when actually it was trying to power down or sleep
after a certain period of time. Nope...
*I tried bypassing my USB hub & unplugging all my other USB devices. Nope...
*The firmware, from 6/20/07, is already the most current I could find - so I haven't messed w/ that.
Other than this problem, I really love my new Chi-Pod - but as you can probably tell, I'm pretty frustrated at this point. Any help will be MUCH appreciated.
best to all,
JohnB