My H320 is dead.. :( RIP buddy!

[Mingo3k]

I have been having a problem with my H320 lately..

I had plugged it into my PC, it would read.. and take a long time to recognise.. and would tell me the drive is not formatted... which is a lie, i was listening to it for ages..

i thought the only obvious solution would be to do a format..
Errored in the windows default after about 5 minutes
Errored in that swissknife program..

and it has spelled the end to my H320, It will not post past the rockbox boot... (as there is no .rockbox folder..)
i try booting into the iriver firmware... and alas, it will not go past "LOADING..."

It's officially a brick..
*cries*

[mixin]

A brick would be a totally dead unit. Yours clearly still turns on and is functioning albeit not at 100%.

This could just simply be a hard drive problem. A quick replacement of that and your player would be working fine again.

[Mingo3k]

I don't have the money to splurge out atm for a new hdd.. nor do i know anywhere in aus who sell the toshiba drives..

i guess i did call it a little quick to be a brick

[st5150]

So lets say it's recognised as your E: drive. In a command prompt window type in chkdsk E: /R and let it do its thing.