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#Iflash drive card reader windows

(You may be able to us the windows setup too, but I didn’t.)Īccept the initial warning about configurations. etc in the description of the device.)ĭisconnect your iPod from iTunes and eject it from the computer.Ĭonnect the iPod to your Linux computer and run the downloaded RockBox AppImage as root.

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I then restored the device in iTunes to turn it into a “WinPod” the new capacity was correctly listed along with the serial no. (This time I just used the Windows OS rather than restore it using a Macbook, the device was detected automatically.

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Use your PC to restore the iPod using iTunes. You will get the standard iPod restore warning. Reinstall the SD cards into the iFlash unit and then reinstall the iFlash into the iPod. Open your file explorer and eject the SD card.įollow the above process for both of your SD cards. Right click on the partition you have just created and select Check > Press the Green Tick at the top again. > Click the Green Tick at the top of GParted. Right Click on the unallocated partition > New > Change the setting of Align to: Cylinder. If you select the wrong disk eg your HDD, you WILL delete it.Īt the top of GParted select Device: Create partition table > Choose MSDOS > Click the green tick. Right Click on the existing SD card partition > Delete > Click the Green tick read the warnings, be careful. I then scanned the disks using gparted and selected the SD card.

I put the SD cards into my linux machine and loaded up gparted. Remove the iFlash unit from your iPod, remove the SD cards from the unit. Heres the steps I’ve taken to fix it below: I adjusted the disk buffer time to no avail and checked the disk using the inbuilt Apple diagnostics and all results seemed fine. The disk icon would appear and then the device would stall., almost as if it was buffering.

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I used my linux machine as root to install the Rockbox firmware.Īll seemed well but after a few hours and copying around 10GB of music, songs would skip and the interface was jumpy with Rockbox. The device restored fine and installation of the iPod firmware was done using a macbook initially and then a windows OS to convert it to a “WinPod”. I initially created new partition table for both SD’s and formatted each disk to FAT32. Below is the description of the issues I experienced and the steps I took to resolve my issues. I’ve just lately received my iFlash Dual SD and had some issues initially with installation. To commit the action you need to APPLY (Top Left Icon).ģ03 thoughts on “ Prepare SDXC (ExFat) for use with the iPod” In the main window, right click on the SDXC drive and select REBUILD MBR and confirm, leaving the default Windows 7/8. In the example below I am using a 256Gb SDXC – It is shown as removeable in the drive list.

Install SDXC card in to SD-CF Adapter, and place it in the CF card reader. So before starting double check that you are working on the SDXC card – better safe than sorry!! IMPORTANT: Make sure that the drive you are modifying is the SDXC card and not another Hard Drive installed in your Computer, you have been warned. If you are going to use a SD card reader make sure it is SDXC compatible as you can damage the SDXC card – normal SD or SDHC card readers will not work with SDXC cards. You will need a CF card reader, you can also use a SDXC card reader. The steps will be slightly different, but the process and concepts should be similar.

#Iflash drive card reader how to

I have created a walk through on how to get the SDXC card in to a known good state before installing and restoring the iPod.įirst you need to get a partition manager software, I use the free AOMEI Partition Assistant, download here!! but only for Windows PC’s, for MAC users any of the popular partition software on MacOS will work. The symptoms tend to be slow music transfer, odd syncing errors, song skipping and iPod freezing up. This only applies to SDXC cards 64Gb and above in capacity, as these are the cards which are ExFAT formatted by default. Some of the factory fresh ExFAT formatted SDXC cards cause problems in the iPod, I have not been able to determine the exact cause but I suspect the iTunes restore process does not write a fresh MBR (Master Boot Record) nor does it create a new partition table – just modifies the existing table. *** IMPORTANT – This article is up as an reference, first install and restore the iPod, if you have problems then attempt these instructions ***