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Solution: The Gmini’s ARCLibrary must be refreshed. Go to Setup > Playmode > Update ARCLibrary . Your

newly transferred ﬁ les will be indexed into the ARCLibrary. Files that are not in the folder Music will not be

included in the ARCLibrary.

12.2 File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning.

Problem: On the Gmini, I ﬁ nd new ﬁ le names and folder names that I never created or they have strange

gibberish names.

Answer: Most likely, the Gmini’s ﬁ le allocation table (FAT) has been corrupted. This could have been due to a

shut down while the Gmini was connected to your computer. To ﬁ x a corrupted FAT problem, you should use

the Error Checking utility or the Check Disk utility explained at the end of this section. Attention: Windows

and

Macintosh

often write extra ﬁ les to the hard drive such as ﬁ nder.def or System volume info . These are normal

and will not harm the Gmini.

Problem: I want to reformat the hard drive of the Gmini.

Solution: You can do this, but it will erase ALL of the data on your Gmini. First, as explained above, you should

run ScanDisk or the DOS chkdsk (Check Disk) program to try to ﬁ x your problem. These will solve your problems

99% of the time. Note that Windows

XP and 2000 will, by default, format your Gmini hard drive in the NTFS ﬁ le

format. This will make the Gmini unusable. Make sure you tell it to format the hard drive in FAT32 format .

12.2.1 Windows

ME Running Scan-Disk (Error Checking)

• Quit all running applications.

• Properly connect the Gmini to your computer as explained in chapter 6.

• Make sure the external AC adapter is powering the Gmini.

• Right click on the Gmini hard drive in Windows

Explorer and select Properties.

• Select the Tools option and run the Error checking program.

• Make sure you check the box to automatically ﬁ x errors .

• Be patient, this may take a while. Windows

may ask you to restart the computer to make certain Windows

ﬁ les available. This is OK, click on Yes .

12.2.2 Windows

XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk)

If you still have problems with the ﬁ le system on your Gmini you can try to ﬁ x it using the DOS utility, check disk

(chkdsk). Simply running the Windows

program Error Checking may not completely ﬁ x disk errors. Do the

following;

• Make sure the external AC adapter is powering the Gmini.

• Quit all running applications.

• Properly connect the Gmini to your computer as explained in chapter 6.

• Wait patiently (up to 5 minutes) for Windows

XP to show the GMINI or local drive as mounted.

• Using the Command Prompt utility program, open a DOS window.

Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt .

• At the prompt, type chkdsk e: /f . Use e: or the drive letter representing your Gmini.

• Be patient, this may take a while.

• When it is ﬁ nished, exit the DOS Window and properly disconnect the Gmini from your computer.