Charging And Power Issues; Gmini 400 Locks Up (Freezes Operation) Or Stops; The Computer Locks-Up (Freezes Operation) Or Stops; File Issues, Corrupted Data, Formatting, And Partitioning - Archos Gmini 400 User Manual

not show up in Windows XP for over one minute, and then it comes up
as local drive. Use DOS Utility ChkDsk as shown below.
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Problem: What do I do if I try to disconnect via the green arrow but keep
getting "The device 'Generic Volume' cannot be stopped now. Try stopping
the device again later."
Answer: Shut off any program that might be accessing data on the Gmini
400, including Windows Explorer. If this does not work, shut down all
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programs, wait 20 seconds, then try the green arrow one or two times
again. If this does not work, you should shut down the computer and
disconnect the USB cable once the computer is off.
17.2

Charging and Power issues

You do not need to fully discharge the batteries before recharging them.
Problem
suggest.
Answer
backlight goes off after 30 seconds (for MP3 music) and the user does not
from a full charge, call our technical support hot-line.
17.3

Gmini 400 locks up (freezes operation) or Stops

Problem: The Gmini 400 locks-up. None of the buttons work.
Solution: If the lock buttons is set, none of the buttons respond. Hold
down the F1 function button for three seconds to turn off the lock buttons
function. A freeze up could also be caused by electrostatic phenomena.
That is, static electricity has temporarily knocked out the Gmini 400. Hold
down on the STOP/OFF button for 15 seconds and the Gmini 400 will shut
off. Restart it normally now.
17.4

The Computer locks-up (freezes operation) or Stops

Problem: The computer locks-up.
Answer: Most likely because you did not use the green 'safely remove
hardware' icon in the system tray in order to remove the Gmini 400 from
your computer.
17.5

File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning

Problem
I never created or they have strange gibberish names.
Answer:
corrupted. This could have been due to the Gmini 400 shutting down
(due to low battery power) while reading or writing to your computer via
Error Checking utility or the Check Disk utility explained at the end of this
section.
such as
not harm the Gmini 400.
Problem: I have been using my Gmini 400
between different computers. Will defragmenting the Gmini 400 hard disk
do any harm to it?
Answer: Defragmenting the Gmini 400 hard disk may be useful after
harmful to use the defragmenter on the Gmini 400. Make sure no other
program is running while using the Windows
sure you power the Gmini 400 with the external power adapter during
this procedure.
Problem
Answer
main menu screen). The browser will show a ? icon indicating that it is not
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or System volume info. These are normal and will
Gmini 400. It is never
defragmenter utility. Make
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Gmini 400 via USB from my computer,
Gmini 400
Gmini 400 cannot