Well, I'm not certain which one's in vogue right now, but if chkdsk is still around, you can use that. However, I'm pretty sure I mean scandisk or its latest replacement. -Brian On Aug 30, 7:43am, "Gary Wunder" wrote: } Subject: [bookport] Re: To whom it may concern. } Brian, for XP do you mean Scandisk or Chkdsk? } } } ----- Original Message ----- } From: "Brian Buhrow" <buhrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> } To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> } Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 11:04 AM } Subject: [bookport] Re: To whom it may concern. } } } > Hello Phil. You are correct that the "easiest"way, from a support } > perspective, to correct the condition you describe is to reformat your CF } > card, it's not the only way to fix such problems. I regularly run into CF } > issues with the Bookport, but I haven't reformatted my CF card in months, } > and I use it daily. } > What you do need to fix such problems is an external CF card reader, } > and a willingness to work with the tools Windows provides for fixing } > filesystems. You also need a little knowledge of what the file system } > structure the Bookport uses. } > To correct most problems with messages like: } > } > "Application file I/O error?" } > } > "Error accessing index file yada" } > } > "Out of drobj structures" } > } > and the like, without formatting my CF card, I'd suggest: } > } > Books on the Bookport consist of 2 or 3 files, depending on whether } > you've opened the book with the Bookport after you transfered it, and } > whether you copied it to the Bookport with the transfer tool or not. These } > files have the following extension names: (We'll call our sample book } > "book1") } > } > Filename Extension Purpose } > book1 _DD Contents of the book itself } > book1 _IX Navigation data for the book } > book1 _A Bookmarks for the book, including current reading position. } > } > The ._AA file won't be there if you haven't tried to read a book with } > the Bookport, that is, you've transfered it, but haven't tried to read it. } > Similarly, the ._IX file won't be there if you copied an MP3 file with } > Windows Explorer, rather than using the transfer tool. Also, in this } > case, the } > file you copied won't have the ._DD extension either. } > } > So, getting back to the problem at hand. If you get one of the error } > messages listed above, it's usually associated with a particular book, and } > you'll often know which book it's associated with. With that knowledge, } > you can proceed to get your Bookport back in working order without the } > need } > to reformat your card. } > } > 1. Put your CF card in an external reader on your Windows machine. } > } > 2. Run scandisk against the filesystem on the CF card by selecting the } > drive letter corresponding to the CF card reader. Do not do this through } > the Transfer utility's "fix disk" function. } > } > 3. Open Windows Explorer and remove the files associated with the book } > which was giving trouble. } > } > 4. Close Explorer and rerun scandisk. } > } > 5. Continue to rerun scandisk until it shows no more errors. } > } > Now, you should have a working CF card, containing all but the } > problematic book. to restore the troubled book, resend it using the } > transfer utility. } > } > This doesn't always fix everything up, but in 95% of the cases I've } > encountered, this gets me going again, and I haven't had to resend my CF } > load of stuff. } > } > Hope this helps. } > } > -Brian } > } } >-- End of excerpt from "Gary Wunder"