Question about SanDisk Sansa e250 MP3 Player

My sansa froze

I have a sandisk sansa e250 mp3 player...as i was syncing my playlist on to it, it froze on refresh database screen...can turn on an off device, but remains on this screen no matter what, left it for one whole day to give it time, and still nothing. I need my tunes....no sterio in car or at work. i am suffering and going mad...please help.

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Try to remove the battery and force the machine to switch itself off

Posted on Jun 17, 2007

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