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Thread ID: 111241 2010-07-19 09:04:00 mp3 player file problem user (1404) Press F1
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1120364 2010-07-19 09:04:00 I have a dse mp3 player which is giving me a 'file format error' when I try to play music. There is one directory which has developed a number of subdirectories, all with nonsense names. There are also some files with nonsense names. When I try to delete them via my computer, I am unable to and I get a message of 'the filenames are too long or not valid' thus I can't delete them.

Any suggestions on any tools which will allow me to delete them?
user (1404)
1120365 2010-07-19 09:06:00 Format it Speedy Gonzales (78)
1120366 2010-07-19 09:12:00 Will this affect the operating system of the player? I can't see any other files present other than the music files so I don't know how the operating system files would be affected. user (1404)
1120367 2010-07-19 09:26:00 They won't be, the MP3 player's OS is stored on a chip inside the player. As long as you format it as FAT32 (the default) it should work :) pcuser42 (130)
1120368 2010-07-19 09:32:00 Thanks for that. Problem solved. user (1404)
1120369 2010-07-19 12:35:00 I have a dse mp3 player which is giving me a 'file format error' when I try to play music. There is one directory which has developed a number of subdirectories, all with nonsense names. There are also some files with nonsense names. When I try to delete them via my computer, I am unable to and I get a message of 'the filenames are too long or not valid' thus I can't delete them.

Any suggestions on any tools which will allow me to delete them?

This happens due to corruption. Formatting or running CHKDSK on the drive will fix the problem.
Agent_24 (57)
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