Formatting a Sansa e250

Hi!

Please follow this:

• Disconnect the device from your computer and turn it on
• Go to Settings > USB Mode > MSC
• Connect the device again
• On My Computer, look for Sansa E250 (Removable Drive)...
• Right-click on the E250 and choose Format
• Click "Start" and agree to start the formatting process
• Done!

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Good luck and Best regards,
Pelu.

try formatting the h drive and see if it works... if that doesnt work,download sansa updater from here http://mp3support.sandisk.com/sansa/Installer/1083/SansaUpdaterInstall.exe run the updater while your player is connected to pc and it should download the appropriate firmware

Sorry ..After formatting you cant recover the lost files ...

You can only delete songs from this player when it's connected to a computer. There are two modes of adding songs to this player. You need to remove the songs with the same method you added them. Alternatively format the whole player - but make sure you do it the way Sansa recommends, not by formatting in windows.

GO TO MY COMPUTER AND THEN RIGHT CLICK THE DRIVE LETTER OF YOUR SANSA, THERE CHOOSE / CLICK FORMAT THE DRIVE.

download the latest version of quicktime and try again

try formatting the player by selecting format from the properties menu when you right click it in my computer.

You Installed The Firmware wrong. (Do This)

1.Connect Your Player to The PC then Format it by right clicking the players hard drive. (F:) , (G:) , (I:) ,Ect.

2.After Formatting the Player go to this site : www.Google.com
Like This:

3.Go to www.google.com Then Search For "Sansa e250 Latest Firmware. OR Try This http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=51

4. Go To the Page Where The Firmware Is at and Download it

then put it on the player disconnect and turn on normally should say new firmware or sumthin while loading.

If you want to delete EVERY track off the player, then reformat the player in Windows Media Player - it's a shortcut - see my "tips and tricks" on formatting mp3 players

If there are artist, album traces, then you need to click on every subfolder under your device in Windows Media Player and delete every trace that way - tedious, but effective

-Tha Mp3 Doctor
There are 2 ways to format an mp3 player - if you were formatting the mp3 player from "My Computer," then try reformatting from Windows Media Player instead - I have a "tips and tricks" entry on How to Format an Mp3 Player for details

If that doesn't work, then double-click on My Computer, double-click on the Sansa player, and go to the various folders that it lists - music, voice, etc. Delete the songs ONLY - do not delete the dat, bat, ini, inf, or other system files

Yes, formatting will retain the interface and everything else necessary to run the device. It only removes what you have put on the unit. Also, format anytime you begin to have strange problems with the device that can't be explained...like songs that don't appear after you've transferred them.