Question about SanDisk Sansa e250 MP3 Player

"Bad Track" error, though not able to turn off, or get away from that screen

I deleted some songs off the mp3, but not all of them. Then i discover that all my songs are gone, upon this i go to a tracklisting and recieve the notifaction "bad track" and am not able to exit this screen, turn off the mp3 player or access the folder for the mp3 via the computer. It is basically frozen, any suggestions?

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Anonymous Jan 07, 2008

something called refresh databse popped up and it go aways at sometimes...then it deleted all my songs and i cant put them back on...it doesnt show on the mp3...then it froze...do u have any idea how to fix this problem?
Spectre1982 Jan 12, 2008

I have the same issue E250 Sansa." Bad Track" Basically shuts the whole unit down. Even restarting the player still results in all stored data having the same BAD TRACK symbol. I have deleted and reloaded the songs 2 times.

What is the cause ? and the fix ?

Any Help ??

Gregg
Anonymous Mar 03, 2008

Having the same problem, I tried reformatting, but received the error message "device unable to complete the format." Any ideas?
sammy sosa Jun 17, 2008

i eraced all my songs and cant get them back

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I encountered the same problem with my Sansa mp3 player. To fix it, you'll have to reset your mp3 player, meaning all songs and files will be deleted when you format the mp3 player. To do so: Connect the mp3 player to your computer Go to My Computer Double Click on your mp3 player HD You'll get a Warning box saying "Formatting Will Erase ALL data on the device. This may include any settings stored on the device. To Format device, click on OK. Click OK Wait until completed with Format and you are "Bad track" free! Reload your songs using whatever software you use. I use Windows Media Player and was happy to see the songs I had on my mp3 player. All I had to do was sync them again. Hope this helps! When asked I use Windows Media player to sync so I still have that on my playlist. To get rid of

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Anonymous Apr 19, 2007

I'm sorry I left out one thing,
After Double Clicking on your mp3 player HD,
Right Click

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