N91 hard drive dissapeared!

Hi folks
can any1 help me.i transfered some music files onto my n91 and now the hard drive doesnt work-it was a bit dodgy before (in message settings,when trying to change from phone memory to hdd it would keep reverting back to phone memory)but now theres nothing showing up on the gallery,all the games have dissapeared-it still shows in memory details that memory in use is 3327mb and 511mb free memory-ive not tried to reset as there are resent video and photo files that i don't wanna get rid of!!(also when trying to link it to pc it doesnt bring the drive up!)
Can any1 please give me sum advice!
thanks!

One thing you can try is to reset the phone using the instructions you can find in this post :
/discussions/board/message?board.id=smartphones&message.id=4007
However please be aware that doing so will wipe ALL the data from your phone such as information in your calendar, contacts and so on.
In order to save your data you can use the PC Suite application to save and restore the data from your phone - this software can be found here :
http://www.nokia.com/pcsuite
One thing to note is that as part of these diagnostics, you should NOT restore any backup or install any software on the phone as you could be putting the problem back onto the phone.
If this doesn't work then it's likely you have a hardware fault and you should approach your local Nokia Service Centre to get your phone fixed.
Hope this helps.
Please let me know how you get on.
Regards,
Edward

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N91 hard drive

i know this is a bit if a dumb question seeing as the phone has not been released, but does anyone have a clue what sort of hard drive this phone will use? i mean, if it is like a 2.5" one then it can be removed and replaced with a larger one right? even if its a 1.8" hdd this can be removed to. think about what you could replace it with, a 40gb hdd? that would be sooo cool

29-Nov-2005 02:30 AM Karim wrote: Well, you could always add a link... Nokia N91
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N91 Hard Drive Issues

Ok so last night I was installing music to my N91 via bluetooth. The phone shut off and shut back on and when it did everything that was saved to my hard drive was gone! All of my music, images, apps vanished.
I checked the hard drive and the memory used is 846mb but I have no clue what is being used.
Have there been any other issues like this and if so is there a solution?
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21-Jul-2006
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micaradu wrote:
The memory is used by the music and everything else you put on it, but the FAT is corrupted.Actually when you want to see your files the phone reads this FAT(file allocation table) wich contains all the names sizes and types of the files u have on the hard drive.If this is corrupted your phone doesn't know what files it has on or if it has any.
Connect your phone in mass storage mode to the computer and the computer will see it as a removable hard drive.Then run a file recovery apllication, and, finally, after you get your files back, format the phone's hard drive.
This should solve it.
Keep me posted.
Cheers!
I'm actually doing that as we speak (or type). When I connected it I saw a folder with no name, just a dot (.). Don't know what that is but I get an error message when I try to open it.
I'm doing a scan and recovery. If I format the phone's hard drive won't that erase all of the data?
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N91 Hard Drive problem

hi,
my n91 is showing error msg 'unable to access hard drive'
I have formatted my cell , but after that also it is showing same msg and only using ph memory.....
what should I do? please help me...
waiting for replay, thanks...Message Edited by ramakant on 12-Sep-200705:14 AM

Did you also formatted the hard drive?
What is your FW version? *#0000#.
The latest is 2.20.008 on N91 4GB.
I guess the problem you have told was visible mainly on version 1.00 or 1.10.

N91 Hard Drive Tools

I was reading the user manual/help files in the Help menu on the phone and I came across the Hard Drive tools section, I read that theres many options, such as Defragmentation and other useful disk utilities.
But, I've checked my Hard Drive and I only have one option and thats the Format tools.
Does anyone have all the options enabled or just the Format option?

Hi Liam, while it is true that formating the HDD with Windows is different than the format in the device that doesn't mean it will break anything. With TWO big exceptions:
1. VERY IMPORTANT. The N91 DOES NOT support NTFS file format. This is the normal file format for Windows XP. IT supports FAT32 so you have to formal in FAT32 and not NTFS. IF you format in NTFS the HDD will cease to work PERIOD! So be sure to format in FAT32.
2. Also I found out is that when you format using the N91, the HDD gets folders created, but if you use Windows no folders are created.
Finally, it should be noted that HDD get fragmented over time and can get some errors so using "Error checking" and "Defragmentation" from Windows (selecting properties then tools tab). So these are useful tools to improve the performance of the HDD.
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N91 Hard Drive Not Available

Hi I have a problem I go to transfer music suddenly there was a power cut of electricity when I wanted enter into the music player I have this message can not access to hard drive replace the battery cover I followed these instructions but not the phone blocks
I do an update still the same problem
Please help me

The n91 4GB wid firmware v2.10.013 does not have any hdd errors or problems becuase the firmware is stable if people who have n91 4GB wid firmware below v2.10.013 den dey are going to get a lot of hdd problems coz wen dey use format option on n91 it doesnt format da hdd properly n dat leaves it to faulty corruptions so hdd does not read correctly. so therefore your n91 8GB firmware v3.00.060 is the first firware for n91 8GB.
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Library on hard drive - dissapeared images...

Hey all
Have been using iphoto for some time and started to run out of space on my powerbook - so bought a portable hard drive and moved library on there.
Worked perfectly for 6 months, but a week ago created a second library on my powerbook for when i don't have the drive. Different name. Swapping between them using the option key on loading up - again perfect.
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Ash
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I have just started having a problem with my N91 where, when I turn it on, it freezes on the opening screen, and the hard-drive works. However, the hard drive appears to be making a louder noise than usual, a clicking noise. The only way out of this is to remove the battery.
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Well, if it's dead and can't be repaired, they should surely be giving me a replacement under warranty? Otherwise that would be totally unacceptable!
Sending it direct seems like a good option to me, as long as I can find an appropriate phone that takes the sim card. Do you know if a Nokia 3410 (should have one somewhere) will take the 3g sim card? (I had to change the sim card and transfer the number across when I upgraded, as apparently the old one wouldn't support any 3g functionality). I concerned in case different standards have different voltages and the card or phone "blow up" as a result - don't want to have to skulk to my network for a replacement!
The N82 doesn't have music buttons ON THE PHONE (I'd probably prefer the N95 8GB, although the Xenon flash of the N82 is nice). Nice extra features, but then again, the sound of these phones has been criticised compared to the N91.
The N81 is not a bad replacement (but not so nice stainless steel, and crowded buttons), although not really much better in most respects, so if it were a free replacement in case of N91 being unrepairable, or if my N91 were out of warranty I'd consider it.
However, as my phone is in warranty, I think I'll avoid spending rather a lot of money on the phone for now (I'm on a £15 a month contract - the cheapest contract from my network with an upgrade is £25 a month for the next 18 months, plus probably another £100 lump sum at least. This works out at least £280. If getting a phone from elsewhere sim free, it would be similarly expensive).
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