Question about SanDisk Sansa e250 MP3 Player

Sansa e250 getting worse since "upgrade"

I plugged in my sansa into my friends computer with Rhapsody, so it automatically "upgraded". I only thought the upgrade would help my mp3 player so I let it load. Ever since I unplugged it, it takes a couple more seconds to pick and play a song and it's just a lot slower to do things. I just recently charged my mp3 player, and when I listened to it, about a hundred of my songs were deleted. I noticed that most of the deleted songs were the ones I had been listening to a lot recently. Did the Rhapsody upgrade mess up my sansa?

Lauren Tien Jul 26, 2007

I don't understand what that does, it just refreshes my player...

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Format your player and re-transfer your songs. The best way to format the player is by changing the player to MSC, then connect it to your computer and open My Computer and right-click and format the player remove the quick format then click start. :D

Posted on Jul 22, 2007

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So did you get your answer, or do you still need a solution. Stop confusing me =P

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You must connect the Sansa to the original computer that you loaded it from, and your Rhapsody or other music subscription must still be active.

Otherwise, you will have to start from scratch like this:
Go ahead and do this, in case the DB is corrupted:
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Go ahead and do this, in case the DB is corrupted:
Format - Erases Everything: Connect your Sansa 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 "Sansa 1GB" (wording may vary slightly), and then select "Format." - this should erase everything.
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Verify that the device DOES NOT say RHAPSODY on the back or E2**R. This would indicate the rhapsody version, whereas the firmware is totally different.

If it is simply a E200, try this;

Run the recovery tool from the SanDisk website. Make sure you select "format" when prompted.

http://rapidshare.com/files/67740173/e200fw01.00.12.exe____

You need to put the device into "recovery mode" before you run the tool.

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