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How do I know if the patchstick was created properly? #457

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I want to patch ATV because my external drive crashed and ATV is the only 
place where all of my photos still exist.  I'd like to put SSH on there so 
I can get all my pics off of ATV onto another storage device and backup.  
Since ATV has the only copy of my kids' photos, I really really do not 
want to mess this up.  

After reading all the posts about patchsticks not being created properly, 
I want to make sure mine is right before I plug it into my ATV.  I 
followed the steps and created the patchstick image.  When I complete the 
USB Image Tool step, I try to open up the flash drive but I get an error 
message saying that the drive is not formatted - do I want to format now.  
Does this mean the patchstick wasn't created right?  Do I have to look for 
another flash drive to do this with?  How will I know it created 
properly?  Should I see some type of file structure on the flash drive 
when I open it up?

Also, I read that a lot of people had to do factory restores.  What is 
this?  Will it wipe out all of my current data on ATV?

thanks for you help!

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by jats...@gmail.com on 13 Jan 2010 at 3:22

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Forgot to mention that I'm running the windows version and ATV 3.0.1

Original comment by jats...@gmail.com on 13 Jan 2010 at 3:45

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Relax,

People who say their patchstick didn't work are having issues with Launcher and 
this 
has all been updated to work with Windows and firmware 3.x. You've got to 
remember 
that people who have success do not create an issue :)

You are correct it is not formatted right... for Windows. It is formatting to 
work 
with the Apple TV. Windows can't see all the partitions, don't worry about it. 
If it 
restored in USB Image Tool, then it should be good. Give it a go, and tell me 
how it 
goes, it should work.

And if you've got invaluable data, you should have backed it up beforehand. 

Good luck.

Original comment by Sam.Nazarko on 13 Jan 2010 at 4:35