Lavod MP3-player I recentley formatted my PC and the player was plugged into my flash drive, and in the windows formatting window where you choose wich hard drive you want to install windows to, and also where you can delete partisions the flash of the player appeared and then witout thinking i deleted the players partision, and now when i turn it on it just says "No File" and windows says the disk needs to be formatted before it can be used, but when trying to format it says it cannot format the flash, is there some way i can restore the player or just be able to get it to work again? Please help me btw i checked their site, and there is nothong that i can find there(www.lavod.com)

STEP 1 - Connect your flash drive, MP3 player (in MSC mode), memory card or card reader to the PC

STEP 2 - Open Disk Management

Windows 7 or Vista
Click Start, right-click on Computer and select Manage.



Windows XP
Click Start > My Computer > Manage.


Under Storage, click Disk Management on the left pane.
Windows 7 or Vista


Windows XP


STEP 3 - Format the device / MP3 player
1. Right-click on the drive / device you want to format then select Format.


2. Occasionally, a warning may come out concerning active partition, click Yes.


3. You can leave the formatting options such as the Volume label and File system to default.
4. Click OK to format.

Hello,
Connect the player to your PC. Start windows explorer and find the drive "removable disk". Select this drive, right click on it and choose "format". Then you get to a window where you should simply click the "start" button.
If your player remains in blocked state you will need to upgrade the firmware.

Bye, gylacz

Hello there,

Q.: My player is having a DRM error / Format Error / Empty Disk Error
what do I do?
A: For all 3 errors, the first step is to attempt to reset the player, this can be accomplished by pressing the play and menu
buttons down together for approximately five seconds. If reset does nothing, make sure all the songs are .mp3s, if all songs
are .mp3s, attempt to format and re-sync the player.

if you need it

How do I convert my iTunes into MP3 format?
A: See Music Conversion Instruction Document: Transferring and Playing Music on Freestyle Audio mp3 players with
iTunes.

if you need to format the player here is how for MAC and windows.

Q.: What's Reformatting, How do I format my Player?
A: Reformatting your player basically wipes you player clean and deletes all songs, leaving you with a blank slate. Like
most removable drives you can reformat your player with no worries of damage to the unit. When reformatting on a Mac
make sure you choose the MS-DOS format style.
(CAUTION: FORMATTING WILL ERASE EVERTHING ON THE DRIVE)
PC (Windows NT, 9x, XP and Vista):
1. Plug in the Mp3 Player.
2. Put the Player in removable drive mode. Under "My Computer" you should
see the player as a removable drive.
3. Right click on the "removable drive" and a Drop down menu should appear.
4. In the menu select the option "format..."
5. Make sure that "FAT" is selected as the file system and that Allocation
Unit size is set to "Default Allocation Unit Size"
6. Now click format and wait, after it says format complete, you're done.
MAC OS 9 (and Earlier):
1. Plug the player in.
2. Put the player in removable drive mode.
3. Single-click the disk's icon on your desktop to format.
4. Pull down the "Special" menu from the top of the screen and select "Erase
Disk..."
5. Enter whatever name you want in the "Name:" field in the window that pops
up. If the disk is a hard drive, select "Mac OS Extended" from the
"Format:" pull down. If the disk is not a hard drive (such as a Zip Disk
or other removable media), select "MS-DOS or MAC OS Standard" for the
format.
6. Press "Erase." The drive will be formatted and ready to use.
MAC OS X (and later):
1. Start your computer and plug in the player in the USB port after the Mac
OS has completed loading.
2. Put the Player in removable drive mode.
3. An icon for a removable drive should appear for the flash drive on the
desktop.
4. From the Dock, open "Disk Utility".
5. Click "Erase" from the top selector (next to "First Aid")
6. Choose "MS DOS File System (FAT16)"
7. Click the "Erase" button
8. Perform the instructions given on the screen and finish the formatting.

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You can reformat it by plugging it into the computer using the usb cable. Once plugged in, the computer will recognize it as a new usb device. Open your Windows Explorer; right click Start button and choose Explore - this will open the windows explorer. On that window, under My Computer, look for the local drive letter associated with your MP3 player. Right click for the letter and choose Format.

restart your PC, plug mp3 player into PC. Go to my computer> right click> explore. On the right windows menu, right click the mass storage (mp3)> choose format (quick format would be faster). Good Luck

Plug it to a PC with Windows operating system.
Open My computer (or Computer on Vista/7).
Right-click the drive assigned to your device and click Format...
Choose file system of FAT32 and click Start.

Your device should now be formatted with FAT32 file system.

Cheers,
Pelu.

To format, you need to plug in the MP3 player to your computer's usb port. When the system detected the new usb device, right click on your windows start button and choose Explore. It will open the Windows Explorer. From the left panel, look for the Drive letter associated with your Napster MP3 player. Right click on that drive and choose format.

To format your MP3 player, you can plug it into your computer's USB port. When the computer detected the new usb device (your mp3 player), right click on your windows start button and click Explore. It will show you the start menu or the Windows Explorer. Look for the drive associated with your mp3 player, right click it and choose Format. That's it! Good luck.

You need to format all new cards. Does your Mp3 player show up as a drive when you hook it up to your computer if so open that drive right click on format use FAT32 for windows os. If your Mp3 player does not show up as a drive use the SD slot on your computer to format. Choose the SD card slot drive right click on the drive choose farmat... use FAT32 for windows os. and you should be off and downloading great tunes... Good luck hope that helped.

Generally this either means you have a filesystem error or the flash memory that your mp3 player stores its music on has gone bad.

If you plug the mp3 player into your PC and view its drive letter in my computer. By right clicking to open the command window you can choose format. When you make sure you do not have quick format checked, go ahead with the format. This will erase all of the music currently on it, but may fix the problem with replacing the file system. If your memory is bad, your best bet is to replace the unit. Repairing these is generally never worth the cost since they drop in price half every 6 months.