Formatted, now capacity from 60gigs to 900mb
 

I just bought an mp4 player this last week and when I was installing the player I accidently reformatted the disc. The player still works fine but the capacity of the hd went from 60gigs to 900mb.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem. I thought I would ask here before I contacted the company. Thanks

P.S.
Help me please:(

That's a major difference (from 60GB's to 900MB)!

Can you tell me more about your MP4 player? I haven't heard of an MP4 player that has 60GB before that's for sure!

Where and who did you get it from?

Re: Formatted, now capacity from 60gigs to 900mb
 

I got it from deals-directinc.com. I really was 60gigs. I accidenty somehow got 7gigs of corrupted files stuck on the player and tried using the reformat software that came with the player to erase the files. Now it is formatted at 900mb:( I'm going to try partition magic but I don't know if it will work. What I really need is just some file to restore the player.

That figures!

deals-directinc.com are scammers and cheats.

Just do a search of this forum and you'll find all the info on them.
Unfortunately there is nothing you can do about the 60GB because it never had 60GB to start with and you'll never get it back. It isn't a HD player either, it's just a 1GB chip.
It was only ever a 1GB player. Why do you think you got it so cheap? It was hacked to show 60GB.
True 60GB players cost hundreds of dollars and as far as i know, are only made by Apple.

But on a positive note.. what you paid for it is what a true 1GB player of that type roughly costs anyway.

Re: Formatted, now capacity from 60gigs to 900mb
 

No seriously it was 60gigs...I put like 10movies on the things...each loke 400mb apiece...the I had 5gigs od music on it....anyway...is there anyway to hack it back up to show the full 60gigs?

No... it was never 60GB and there is no possible way you could 'hack' it back to 60GB and expect it to play almost 60GB worth of media. It's impossible. As you said, everything started corrupting. Everything that is written to a hacked player 'after' the true memory size will corrupt and be unplayable ... always.

Those guys are worse than the scammers on Ebay... IMO

Re: Formatted, now capacity from 60gigs to 900mb
 

heres a quote

Built-in memory ?

60GB
Expandable memory

No
Memory media/type

Hard Drive
Note:

MB = megabytes, GB = gigabytes; actual formatted capacity may vary.

as in if you come out with less we arnt held responsible

Re: Formatted, now capacity from 60gigs to 900mb
 

What I was saying was that nefore I had at leat 10gigs were of playable media, now I only have 900mb of playble media

its thier easy out clause but any ways does it have the patented click sound they say it does and the ability to load ipod games?

Re: Formatted, now capacity from 60gigs to 900mb
 

So are you saying that me being stupid didn't screw it up?(Yay for me!) and that the company ripped me off(Boo for me!) and it really is only 1gig(aholes could've at least sent me one with 4gigs)? If so what should I do about it? Should I try and get my money back in hopes they actually will give me my money back or just say screw it? Is there anything really cool I can do with it to make me feel better?

Wow, what a deal! 60GB for $108. And the description is an almost verbatim copy of the old iPod page at Apple.com. Hey, look, under "Overcoming the Gap" it even calls itself an iPod. But, iPods are more than $108. Oh, how nice it plays "protected AAC". Too bad Apple has not allowed any third party to do that. And the patented "touch interface"? Sure is patented. By Apple ;-)

Friend, I'm sorry, but everyone else is right, you got taken for a ride. I highly doubt there is even a hard drive, much less a 60GB one inside the player. You got it last week? Maybe you can return it, but the others here might have a better idea on how that will go with this merchant.

I don't know how well they respond to returns, but maybe try that?

Don't feel too bad, it looked like a sweet deal. And the only reason I knew what I did about it is that I spend way too much time on the Apple boards.

Does it look exactly like the picture and, indeed, have a touch wheel on it, or does the wheel click from spot to spot? How does it work as a 1GB player? Is the video smooth? Does it actually play all the formats it says it does? If so, you have something that might make Apple's legal team drool. If you can play protected iTunes content (as it claims) then wow! You actually do have a deal, as no one else can!

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I knew it was the old apple page...I was just hoping it might have some truth to it. I made a bet, and I guess I just lost most of my money. The player is pretty cool though...all 1gig of it....

Did you pay through Paypal or credit card? You might be able to dispute the charges and get a refund or at least partial refund.

Re: Formatted, now capacity from 60gigs to 900mb
 

SeanKevin,

Can you send me some information on the player you bought?

I noticed on their site, it saids "12 months warranty". So if you've had it within the 12 months, I would strongly suggest you claim it under warranty and get your money back.

It would be interested to know what their reply is if you complain to them that your player has jumped from 60GB's to now only 900MB......

I'm actually interested, too. The image online is clearly an iPod with a picture photoshopped onto the screen. Does the thing look just like an iPod? What's the interface like?

While I don't normally support that kind of blatant copyright infringement, I also don't want to see my sister dump $300 on an iPod for my 13 year old nephew. I wouldn't but it from these guys, but with some info on the thing, maybe I can find him one for Christmas.

Re: Formatted, now capacity from 60gigs to 900mb
 

I emailed them a few hours ago explaing what happened and asked for a product of equal or lesser value from there site or my money back. The player is definetly under warrenty because I got it on Thursday. I don't really think its the distributors fault...more of the company supplying them is selling false produts. It is a pretty cool player, nice UI, and has an okay video player. I hope they'll honor their warrenty, but I'm not sure because when I called their support line I got an answering machine for computercityinc(eek!). So should I try to send it in and risk not getting anything back at all?

SeanKevin,

Personally i wouldn't bother trying to strike any deals with them as they most likely won't honor any warranty claims. They're scammers and cheats. Just take a look at this page for others experiences with computercityinc > http://computercityinc.wordpress.com...hese-scammers/

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This kinda sucks for me...I got screwed....thats just great...at least the player works. I've mangaged so far to get about 800songs on the 1gig of space available. It sounds good...but as for video, its gonna be completely useless, can't fit anything on it. What really erks me the most is that if I had ordered the cheaper 2gig version, would it have been the same product...I'll never know...well thanks everyone for the help,I appreciate it.

SK

Re: Formatted, now capacity from 60gigs to 900mb
 

Yikes!
Hadn't thought it through that way. Ouch.

True... however, if you think about it.. those 2, 4 and 8GB players would most likely be hacked from 1GB as well. Another member of this forum bought a 8GB player from them only to find it was a hacked 1GB. Just avoid them or report them. If they get enough bad reports and hassle they might eventually go away and stop ripping people off... if we're lucky.

Re: Formatted, now capacity from 60gigs to 900mb
 

I was the one that ordered the 8GB that turned out to be only 1GB. I was able to contact them through the online help and support live chat on their website. The only thing is that it is hard to catch them online. I think they are only there for maybe 1/2 hour a day or maybe even less. I was able to get them to tell me to ship it back and they would send me a refund minus a restocking fee of 15% -ouch! I had ordered 2 of them and I sent them back via UPS to the address in NC that was on the original shipping label. The delivery was signed for yesterday at 12:32pm, and I am still waiting for any kind of contact from the company. I would avoid purchasing anything from them at all and I'm pretty sure that I am now out the players as well as the money. That at least could give me some legal action against them through the local police dept in NC (my Dad just happens to work in the same city as that address) I'll keep updating the progress I make with them and hopefully we can both get our money back