Not enough memory space for music db
Your M240 may have encountered a corruption in its Music Database, and may be corrected by formatting and updating the firmware.
Try this: Manually switch the player to MSC mode and format through "Disk Management".
Here are the steps:
Step 1:
Locate the "Hold" switch on the side of the M240 and enable it (you should see an "orange-colored" surface when it's enabled)
Step 2:
Plug the M240 to your computer (recommended Operating System is Windows XP and above) and check Windows Explorer if the player is detected as a "Removable Drive"
Step 3:
Open "Disk Management" by right-clicking on the "My Computer" icon, then selecting "Manage"
Step 4:
Your "Disk Management" window should be divided into 2 panes. On the left pane, click on "Disk Management"
Step 5:
On the upper right pane of "Disk Management", you should find the drive letter corresponding to your Sansa M240. The lower section also contains the drive # pertaining to your M240. Right-click on either drive letters pertaining to the M240 and select "Format". Follow the on-screen prompts. Make sure that the "Quick Format" checkbox remains un-checked.
Step 6:
In general, Disk Management is more the effective tool for formatting your M240 and assuming the format processing completed without any errors, proceed to updating the firmware of your player.
Step 7:
Use this link to download the Sansa Firmware updater:
http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1376
Save this file to your Desktop and run it while your M240 is still plugged in to your PC. Follow the on-screen prompts.
Step 8:
"Safely remove" your M240 from your PC and -- with a fresh battery -- power on your player. It should boot up normally.
I hope this works. The M240 is a great player
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