Creative Jukebox

 formate disk,
PRIOR TO FIRMWARE 2.56 : As soon as you see the words "Loading" in the top left corner of the screen, press and hold down on both the Play and Stop buttons at the same time.

LATER FIRMWARE :
"EAX+Mid Softkey+Down Scroll" buttons

link for general goodness and also HOW TO replace HD
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/tom,review-12.html


Notmad explorer links ;
driver page - http://www.redchairsoftware.com/notmad/support/proassist.php?c=8009



how to upgrad HD.  proprietory formatting...

need to copy the first 65536 sectors,
http://www.winhex.com/winhex/forum/messages/6/9.html


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1. You'll need a Linux/NetBSD PC or a regular PC with Ghost, DriveImage, etc., and of course you'll need a new disk - 9.5mm in height.
2. Disassemble your NJB - !). Here is a good link with photos of the inside (thanks Jeff!).
3. Remove the disk and attach it to the secondary IDE controller on your PC. You might need to disconnect your CD-ROM temporarily. You will need an adapter cable, $5-$10 in a computer store.
4. Under linux (for example), make a copy of the disk into a file.
You'll need 6GB of free space to do this:
dd if=/dev/hdc of=/tmp/bigfile ibs=65536 obs=65536
Take care that /dev/hdc actually refers to the notebook drive, look through your boot log to be sure.
or use a Windows disk image program to make an image copy of the disk (the entire drive, including the partition table, since the NJB doesn't have one)
5. Shut down, connect the new drive, and start up again. Now copy the image back:
dd if=/tmp/bigfile of=/dev/hdc ibs=65536 obs=65536
6. Install new disk in your NJB. When you boot it up, it will still report as a 6GB disk.
7. Shut down your NJB and fire it up again, holding down PLAY and STOP until it asks you if you want to reformat. Say yes and you'll have a blank disk, but it'll be the right size!
Here is an update as of 10/07/2000:
Okay, so I finally got the time to do this. I managed to upload 2515 tracks to my 12GB NJB. The firmware went kind of whacky at the end, when there was only 300MB left, but the file system seems to be intact. I don't know why that was - it disconnected from PlayCenter2, but the NJB said "host is in control" meanwhile the disk was doing something (seeking around, obviously doing accesses). I had to press reset.
It takes nearly 2 minutes to boot the NJB now.
So, I'd say the answer to your question is "Yes, it really does store 12GB of space."
With this tinkering experiment completed, I put the original 6GB disk back so I can use the 12GB disk for its original purpose :-)
Warning to all: if you break your NJB, it's not my fault, and I seriously doubt anyone at Creative will be enthused about helping you fix it!
/Mitch.
NEW INFO !!!!
If you are using the new firmware, you can still format your disk, just using a different key combination.
Which is "EAX+Mid Softkey+Down Scroll" buttons.
Also, you should be able to reload on the old firmware. get 1.75 here.
This article was taken from www.kuren.org/jukebox/largerhdd.html.
Thanks to Kuren for his permission.
More detailed information you can find at Tom's Hardware.
And here you can read how to put the image available here on the HDD:
I used Hex Workshop 3.1 with the 8mb image (From www.nomadness.net).
Hex workshop is free and very easy to use. When you download the image it is in zip format, I just unzipped it. It did not have an extension but that doesn't matter. In Hex workshop I just hit restore sectore range after opening the hard drive. It default to a .bin file but you can go browse to show all files and choose the file with out an extension. Hex workshop recongnized the file and automatically input the sector range. It took about 5 seconds to complete the restore. It was real easy, almost too easy.
Anyways this is a free and an easy way too get the image on the drive.
By the way don't bother trying to boot up after you reinstall the hard drive, it will just get stuck on preparing library. Format the drive right away and everything should work ok after that.
Hex Workshop 3.1
Note: Do NOT format the new drive in Windows or DOS or whatever, just put the image on it.
http://web.archive.org/web/20020318085315/http://www.nomadness.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=8

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using winhex is cakewalk. - if you got a registered copy....you just go to Tools->disk utils->clone disk. dest = Image (put on desktop) source = you HD (you need to plug it in the computer with a 2.5 adapter....) -> OK and it reads the 65356 (32mb) of the Hd to an Image on your desktop... if you have an unregistered winhex.....it will not read the whole image and it will look as IF the Hd is not really ok (problem with sector 23132.... etc..) in which case I think you can use winhex 9.45 to read the Image and winhex 9.6 (both cracked - sorry about that) to write....
http://web.archive.org/web/20020318090127/http://www.nomadness.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=16

automatic logon windows xp

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.
   
3. Clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" check box, and then click Apply.
4. In the Automatically Log On window, type the password in the Password box, and then retype the password in the Confirm Password box.
5. Click OK to close the Automatically Log On window, and then click OK to close the User Accounts window.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231

access system volume information folder

Click Start, and then click My Computer.
On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
On the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders.
Clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box. Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the change.
Clear the Use simple file sharing (Recommended) check box.
Click OK. - this should enable viewing the security tab in the next step.
Right-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder, and then click Properties.
Click the Security tab.
Click Add, and then type the name of the user to whom you want to give access to the folder. Typically, this is the account with which you are logged on. Click OK, and then click OK again.
Double-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder to open it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309531

Win XP Autoplay - turn it off

How to use Group Policy settings to disable all Autorun features in Windows XP Professional.


Click Start, click Run, type Gpedit.msc in the Open box, and then click OK.
Under Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, and then click System.
In the Settings pane, right-click Turn off Autoplay, and then click Properties

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715