My Sansa e280 needs to be reformatted because the digital rights management software has become corrupted

You need to use the Sansa Media Converter to convert pictures to a format the Sansa can handle. They also need to go into the internal memory, as the e280 will not display pictures from a microSD card.

This player supports two different USB modes. If the songs were added with the other method, you need to use that other method to delete the songs. Read up on it. Common headache, easy solution.

update the firmware on your phone

THIS IS HOW TO RESET EVERYTHING ON A E280 SANSA MP3 PLAYER WITH VERSION 1 SOFTWARE

INSTALL RECOVERY TOOL TO YOUR PC

http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1532

NOW HOOK THE SANSA, POWER IT UP HOLDING THE
RECORD BUTTON W/ THE LOCK ON (OR HOWEVER YOU GET INTO THE RECOVERY MODE FOR YOUR UNIT)

CREATE A NEW FOLDER AND CALL IT “ sansa.fmt ” IN THE 16MB FORMAT PARTION FOLDER THAT POPS UP.

REBOOT SANSA.

GO TO SETTINGS AND PLACE IN MSC MODE.

MAKE SURE UNIT HAS THE LATEST FIRMWARE.
-GO TO SANDISK SITE-
( http://www.sandisk.com/driverdownload/download.asp?driverId=7 ) FOR XPSP2+

REBOOT AND IT SHOULD WORK LIKE NEW OR BETTER FOR YOU.

At least this is what i ended up doing to fix mine & it took me a while to figure it all out so i wanted to post it up for you all.


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setup your player in MSC mode

go to my computer and right click on the mp3 icon (common: removable disk) click on format and change the file system to FAT. this will take time.

try your player, if it still doesnt work you can download the firmware of your device from your products website www.sandisk.com if im not mistaken, or try to google your product for its software.

you can format it using the software provided by manufacturer.

Call technical suport at Sandisk. You might have a corrupt file. They will walk you through the steps. You may have to reformat which means you will lose everything you already loaded. I've had mine for about a year and it's still working fine. You may need to load the latest firmware as well.

Corrupt Files

Sounds like you may have some corrupt music on the device.

Try formatting the device thru My Computer.

My Computer>Device Name (e280)>Right Click and select FORMAT.

This will erase everything and you should see all of your space available again.




Best of Luck.

Are you formatting thru My Computer? If so try using Computer Management. Right click on My Computer and select Manage. On this window select Disk Management on the left. On the right side at the top, your drive should be listed. Right click on the device and select format. If your device does not show up, change the devices mode and try again. Device>Settings>Mode or USB Mode. Best of Luck.

Nice. That worked great.

Thanks for posting.