Is there a common cause for the hard drive to corrupt and require reformatting? I just got mine, have about 30 tracks in it and just tried to copy a group of 10 analysed tracks in the laptop via engine prime from my USB stick to my hard drive. It looked like they transferred over and then i switched…

[image] SoundFish: it’s saying I need to reformat the hard drive. Did you unmount/eject the MX5001TB on the computer before switching to standalone?

maybe not, how do you do that? Do you just close down Engine Prime software or is there another way to eject it? Do you think this is what’s caused it to corrupt?

[image] SoundFish: Do you think this is what’s caused it to corrupt? There are numerous reports of corruption happening if the drive was not ejected prior to switching to standalone. It is just one of those peculiarities to be very mindful off. [image] SoundFish: maybe not, how do you do…

[image] SoundFish: it now says the hard drive is corrupted No it doesn’t. The message states that the database is corrupt. It then recommends reformatting the drive, which isn’t actually necessary, because the problem is with the database, not the drive. Denon really should change this messa…

[image] PKtheDJ: Denon really should change this message because so many people either misread it or misinterpret it. It’s been mentioned here many times, after many posts like yours. Maybe they also need to add a automated eject check box in the Sync Manager. Eg Start Sync, Safely eject dr…

So do I need to reformat the hard drive to fix the problem?

[image] Database Corrupt Error Message Standalone Controllers Hi, For repair corrupt database, follow this procedure : PFD File with each screen : Corrupt database.pdf (507.4 KB) Copy All files from the « Engine Library » on your computer Download https…

[image] mufasa: need No, I move the old database in the engine directory (by security) and copy the clean database. I make always an copy of the “clean” database. It’s more simple.

MX5001TB hard drive corrupted after little use

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mufasa March 20, 2021, 8:32pm 8

have a look

Also if you can upload your logs