'ILLEGAL HDD' on the screen and wont open any files

[stonecoldsteveaustin]

Please forgive me if I am in the wrong place as I am new to this site.
I wonder if anyone out there can help me?

I have an HCT hmd180a mp3/4 player, I think its a Korean special
(it was a gift)
Everything was working fine, listening to music etc when all of a sudden I go to play some music, and it just says 'ILLEGAL HDD' on the screen and wont open any files.

Could anyone suggest anything?

Thank you

[BSD]

Try to connect the player to your computer and see if you can copy/delete files on it.

I would reformat the player with the provided software before trying anything funky with the firmware.

[stonecoldsteveaustin]

Please forgive me as I am not very tech minded, how do you reformat?

[admin]

Have a look at this thread here which will guide you through formatting your player: http://www.mympxplayer.org/how-to-re...ck-vt2400.html.

Sounds like a possible problem with the memory itself. Possibly a corrupt memory block. Formatting might help.

If that doesn't work, then run a check disk on your drive.

To do this:
1. Click [Start] and [Run]
2. Type in cmd
3. Type in

chkdsk /f /r d:

- Change the d: to whatever drive your player is displayed as in Windows Explorer.
4. You might have to press [Y] for "yes" if it saids the drive is in use.


Try that and let me know.

[stonecoldsteveaustin]

Thank you for this, will try when I get home from work and let you know.

[stonecoldsteveaustin]

Thank you for your help, seems to have worked