Nomad Jukebox 6GB - Original OS image file

Hi,
I'm wondering if anyone has this file available. The HD in my unit died the other day and I want to stick in a new one. As far as I can tell, the rest of the unit works perfectly.
I stuck in a working 20GB hard dri've, but am now stuck at "Critical Error - Could Not Load OS". Really wish I imaged this thing before the HD went.
There used to be an image available on Nomadness but that site is long gone.
Thanks!
Message Edited by slammer on 06-24-2009 06:47 AM

.Re: Nomad Jukebox 6GB - Original OS image file{ I already tried both 2.98 and 4.0 downloads. The problem is that unless I'm doing something wrong, these 2 updates do NOT work on a brand new HDD that is plugged into the Jukebox. It just says "Update Failed" when I try. I've used these updates before in the past (when the unit worked) and my understanding is that it only UPGRADES an EXISTING OS. Unless there's a way to physically extract the binary files from the Creative executable and somehow load them into the unit directly.
I'm guessing the only way I can save this unit from the trash heap is if someone out there has a copy of the first 32768 sectors of the HDD available, as that contains the OS.
Message Edited by slammer on 06-24-2009 03:37 PM

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.Re: Nomad Jukebox 6GB - Original OS image file{ I already tried both 2.98 and 4.0 downloads. The problem is that unless I'm doing something wrong, these 2 updates do NOT work on a brand new HDD that is plugged into the Jukebox. It just says "Update Failed" when I try. I've used these updates before in the past (when the unit worked) and my understanding is that it only UPGRADES an EXISTING OS. Unless there's a way to physically extract the binary files from the Creative executable and somehow load them into the unit directly.
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