When i plug my sansa 260 in it shows that it is plugged up but doesnt show up in my computer. im trying to download the drivers and softwear with out the disk. any solutions

Go to this link and select your unit in the download wizard and download the drivers for your device. Install the drivers without the Clip MP3 plugged in. Once the drivers are installed, you can then plug in the Clip MP3 and windows should correctly identify your new hardward and finish installing the drivers for it.

you will have to probably go to their website and download the latest drivers for it. Then go to my computer, and you should see your sansa drive and folder. You can drag and drop songs into this folder, or you can try and sync with windows media player.

Try plugging your device to the USB port in the back of the computer. On older computers, the front USB ports are USB1 while the ones in the back are USB2, and I've seen it happen when some devices would go completely unnoticed if they were plugged into USB1.

If that doesn't help, try plugging it into a different computer. If that computer also doesn't recognize it, the problem may lie in the device.

go here and download the sansa updater and run it
http://www.sansa.com/download

check the usb drivers by clicking start> right click on my computer >system >hardware>device manager
(in vista just type it in the search bar)
and check the usb drivers by clicking universal serial bus controllers and check if they have an ! sign.
if they do uninstall them and click scan for hardware changes and install the usb drivers again.
If this doesn't work, uninstall then install the usb drivers using the motherboard cd.
or try it to another pc if it works.
or ask for a refund or repair(if it is in warranty it's free)

There are two connection settings in USB: MTP and MSC. For some reason MTP is the default, but it doesn't connect properly on all computers. Select MSC and plug the player in again, the computer will recognize sansa e250 but not show the driver just yet. It is installing recognition software (just basic drivers - nothing heavy) and it doesnt tell you what its doing until its complete. WAIT FOR IT. Once it is complete you will see both the sansa e250 and the removable memory slot in your "my computer" now you're good to go.

What i would recommend you to do is to uninstall the device and reinstall it back...to uninstall it...assuming that you are running windows xp...click on start, right click on my computer and go to properties..you should have your system properties open then click under hardware then device manager...look for the sansa device..it usually located under portable device..if its not showing there i would recommend you to look for under disk drives and see if its there..right click on the device and click on uninstall...after you unintall it unplug your device from the computer....Then follow this link below to download the porting kit...http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A2E73160-E862-4F19-BB26-C0CAFE798955&displaylang=en .Then check the mode of yuor device to make sure it sunder MTP not msc...To check the mode go under menu, settings and choose usb mode...After you check the mode open up your windows media player click on tools, options and click under privacy...clear the history and caches...after you finish you can plug the device on the back of the computer not the front then windows should recongnize it and it should work properly..if that doesnt solve the problems upgrade your windows media player to 11 even though you have done that already..and try to reconnect your device..make sure you have it connected on the back USB>>>

And if that doesnt work try to obtain the driver for your sandisk device go to http://www.sandisk.com/DriverDownload/index.asp and find the driver for your device..and then connecct the device on the back of your computer...it should work properly..if you are still having any problems..let me know..i would be more than happy to assist you..
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This is the method that will force Windows to recognize the Sansa: Try this: disconnect the player from the computer, turn it off, hold in the volume + button, and reconnect the player to the computer while holding the volume + button in. Keep holding the volume + button for an additional 5-50 seconds. Windows should eventually go into recovery mode and revive the player- it will pop up a window that says Found New Hardware Wizard.

well i guess it works if u do this if you using xp or vista
1.take all the (songs) ... tht you want to ne folder not on the mp3..
2.format the big partition on the mp3
3.uppgrade the firmware i think you can get a software to that on this site.. www.sansa.com
4.pull the songs .. photos movies to your mp3\4 and try if it doesen´t work i guess you got to reinstall the hole sh#@
:( hopes it works..

Plug it into the usb port. The Sansa 260 will show up as the next drive letter. Using the right mouse button click on the drive latter and select format. This will will format your Sansa 260. The operating system files will still be there but all of your music, movies, voice recordings, etc... will be deleted.