kenwood 20gb dms restore

[bmwm3-1971]

Hi all

very new to this site searching for answers.

i have a 20gig dms cartridge which has been wiped, Ive tried to sort it before reading all the messages and not sure now if its beyond repair. tried the phathack tools to no avail. my keg has not been hacked and not sure what to do next.

please help

[VorTechS]

You need a backup of the first 1MB of the drive to restore.  I believe I have one lying around somewhere in the office, so won't be able to dig it out until tomorrow morning.

Assuming I have it, you need to restore it using DD, an application distributed with the DMS tools... and I'll help you get up and running with that.
Once you are back up and running, then first stop is running the hack so you don't run into this problem again!

[bmwm3-1971]

many thanks i look for ward to hearing from you soon.

andy

[Terry_Kennedy]

You need a backup of the first 1MB of the drive to restore.  I believe I have one lying around somewhere in the office, so won't be able to dig it out until tomorrow morning.

Unless he got that specific drive from you, your signatures won't match his drive's serial number and thus it won't help. Or am I missing something?

[VorTechS]

Uhm, good point.  I was thinking that I did a restore on my original DMS of that 1MB after I inadvertently trashed it - and everything worked.
But that was about getting the partitions back, and of course my box is hacked.

I'm afraid Terry is right.... I'm pretty sure that this won't work. 
You'll need to either, buy another original DMS (from Ebay) or find someone that can hack your box for you (I can do Kegs if you're willing to ship, and pay returning shipping to/from the UK...).

[bmwm3-1971]

where in the uk are you?

[bmwm3-1971]

is anybody in or around the yorkshire area who can hack my box?

[markbowen]

It's not clear from the OP if the partitions on the DMS were deleted or if just the data was wiped.  

If it's just the data, you should be able to run a partial or full repair with the tools, or a manual firmware install.  Any partitions showing when connected to a computer, or is everything really gone?

[bmwm3-1971]

everything has gone due to my lack of knowledge and not looking at these forums before i reformatted the drive thinking it would be just a simple process. the drive can be formatted and can be seen by pmm ie load songs on to it just wont play in the keg

[VorTechS]

You'll be lucky to find many UK folks here... let alone in Yorkshire.... but you never know.
Like I said, if you are willing to send the box to me (Gloucester/Bristol) I have no problems running the hack for you to get your box up and running again...

[bmwm3-1971]

ok that sounds like a plan to me.... can i just send you my player & cartridge?

do you want to mail me direct with details of where to send.

a.lambert@aldatasystems.co.uk

[bmwm3-1971]

would i be correct in saying that any working DMS from any player would work in my kenwood keg?

asuming so i could purchase a new phatnoise player including dms from say ebay, hack my player with the new dms then sell it on again?

[VorTechS]

Yup, you would be right... you just need the correct cable for your headunit, and to load the new DMS with the correct firmware for your Keg.

[bmwm3-1971]

ok i will spend the next few days searching ebay for something if i dont find anything reasonable i will take you up on your kind offer to hack my box

many thanks

andy

[bmwm3-1971]

update

i have purchased a new player with cartridge and have managed to hack my box, nearly got an 80 gig dms sorted so all is well again many thanks.

just one more question, is there anyway of restoring my original dms now that i have one that works?

[VorTechS]

With the hacked boxes, you can 'Create New DMS' using the hack tools and install hacked firmware onto it and it'll be usable again