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Reformatting an Mp3 Player
There are two ways to format an Mp3 player - one on the computer itself, and one in Windows Media Player. Both methods will end up erasing all the songs on the player, but the player will be "good as new" after that. Sometimes reformatting in this manner will override the player's native formatting and cause problems - this can be reversed in most cases by updating the player's firmware. Firmware upgrades are available from most manufacturers' websites.
WARNING: The following procedures will erase all songs on the player.
Check if the file system is NTFS. If yes, format it to FAT or FAT32. - Connect player to computer, double-click my computer, right click on icon of mp3 player and select format. This only applies to Windows-based computers.
You can also format the player in Windows Media Player itself:
Connect your Mp3 player to the computer and open Windows Media Player. Click on the Sync tab. Pull down the drop down menu underneath the Sync tab by moving your cursor over the Sync tab and left clicking on the little black arrow underneath the Sync tab. Highlight "name of Mp3 player here 1GB" (wording may vary slightly), and then select "Format." - this should erase everything.
-Tha Mp3 Doctor
WARNING: The following procedures will erase all songs on the player.
Check if the file system is NTFS. If yes, format it to FAT or FAT32. - Connect player to computer, double-click my computer, right click on icon of mp3 player and select format. This only applies to Windows-based computers.
You can also format the player in Windows Media Player itself:
Connect your Mp3 player to the computer and open Windows Media Player. Click on the Sync tab. Pull down the drop down menu underneath the Sync tab by moving your cursor over the Sync tab and left clicking on the little black arrow underneath the Sync tab. Highlight "name of Mp3 player here 1GB" (wording may vary slightly), and then select "Format." - this should erase everything.
-Tha Mp3 Doctor
Comment by ThaMp3Doctor, posted on Feb 28, 2009
I want to make an ammendment based on some of the comments. Some mp3 players, like the RCA Opal and some of the Sansa players, have a way of reformatting the player from the player's Settings Menu itself. You will have to read your product's user manual to find out how.
Also, reformatting is not the solution to every problem with an mp3 player. It is a last resort if you tried updating the player's firmware and it failed, your mp3 player doesn't have a proprietary recovery tool on the manufacturer's website (Sandisk, for instance, has the Sansa Recovery Tool for many Sansa players), the player won't turn on, it is giving you a memory error, or other recovery methods have failed.
-Tha Mp3 Doctor
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Comment #1
posted on Aug 30, 2009
I have encoutered a number of difficulties which i would please like you to clarify on.
1. The reformatting options doesn't give me the option of FAT or FAT32.
2. the polaroid manufacturer does not have my firmware on their site.
3. the polaroid keeps loading up and saying insufficient space to create database when it has 60GB of free space. please reply A.S.A.P
1. The reformatting options doesn't give me the option of FAT or FAT32.
2. the polaroid manufacturer does not have my firmware on their site.
3. the polaroid keeps loading up and saying insufficient space to create database when it has 60GB of free space. please reply A.S.A.P
Comment #4
posted on May 14, 2009
I try reformating it and it works but after adding new songs it detetes my song and some of my songs can't play and they are converted to mp3...... And when checking it's memory available it says 0..... also when i turn it on it's always in speaker any help here !!!! e-mail me luis_723dm@hotmail.com
Comment #6
posted on Mar 08, 2009
is there a difference between the nat format and the nat32 format? is one better than the other? i have a mp3 player which is a nat format and i cant add some songs, some i can add and other i cant.
Comment by jarbo84, posted on Mar 08, 2009
fat and fat32 my bad i had a typo on the last comment lol
Comment #7
posted on Feb 25, 2009
I tried to reformat my Mp3 using both methods you mentioned and neither is working for me. Every time I try it tells me that it cannot format at this time. Please help! My OPAL won't even turn on because there is no space available on it. I haven't been able to use it for months. I don't understand because if there is no room on it and it will not let me erase anything, how am I supposed to use it! -pinkcali
Comment #8
posted on Feb 25, 2009
I am about to give this a try. It seems like it could be the answer to my problem. I am the one who bought a mach speed lyric mp3 player for my husband and he bought one for me for Christmas. Mine works and his doesn't...when I comes to downloaded music from emusic. Thanks for helping all of us!
Sincerely, Rita Tobey
Sincerely, Rita Tobey
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