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You need to format the disk in drive E"?

Hi,

My Forerunner 235 is not being recognized by my PC since a couple of days.
PC gives the message "You need to format the disk in drive E".

I reset the watch in two ways 1) holding the lap button while powering up , 2) via the restore defaults menu. This didn't help.
I formatted drive E: via disk management on my PC; but after power cycling the watch the same message "You need to format the disk in drive E" pops up again.

I've written to Garmin support in the Netherlands; but since they're closed over the weekend; I was hoping someone here might have an idea.

thx

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0 Former Member over 5 years ago

I have forerunner 35 that have had the same issue for 8 days now.
Hope Garmin fixes this soon.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Having the same problem with my new Garmin Forerunner 35:

Forerunner firmware version 3.5

Windows 10 version 1909 (OS Build 18363.836) - Patched to May 2020

Garmin Express version 7.0.1.0

but Garmin Express won't see the device as connected.

Windows keeps wanting to format the device as a disk (which obviously I'm not going to do !)

For now I'm just having to use the Android app, but it's shame the Windows link up isn't working :-(

0 GillesGagnon over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

same here, what can I do?

+1 GillesGagnon over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

easy fix, unplug the charge wire/clip from computer, turn off your watch, connect the charge wire to the watch, hold the top right button, don't let go, plug the wire to the computer continuing to hold the top right button and ONLY release when the computer recognizes your watch.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to GillesGagnon

This worked for me
Thanks a lot

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Except it turned to English settings, and I cannot get it back to Danish. Only English is a language option now.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Thanks! That just worked for me too. Appreciate the tip!

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to GillesGagnon

That worked perfectly. Thank you so much

0 Kyle Debisaran over 4 years ago in reply to GillesGagnon

I let go a bit early and lost the data for today on the watch. Is there any way to get it back?

0 jalgrattur over 3 years ago

GillesGagnon, you're my hero! I tried a long list of fixes, updated drivers, Express, many reboots, etc. This worked with my Fenix 5 on a Windows 10 machine.

I probably let go of the button too early (once Garmin Express recognized a connected device) and it took forever for the Fenix 5 to reboot. Eventually it did and when I plugged it back in Express found it quickly enough.

So relieved. Now I'm going for a ride!