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Posted on Mar 30, 2008

Reads Bad Track

I synced some new songs, and now the screen reads, "Bad Track", and freezes the screen. No buttons will work when this occurs. I went into my sandisk, and cleared all the songs, but when I go back to Windows media player to put them back in, it will state, "Already in player" or skipped.
Do I have to clear my media player as well, and restart?

17 Answers

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Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power button for a long time untill it turns off.

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Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power button for a long time untill it turns off.

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Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power button for a long time untill it turns

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power button for a long time untill

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power button for a long time untill it

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power button for a long time

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power button for a long

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power button for a

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power button for

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power button

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the power

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold the

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes hold

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire. If freezes

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire.

A

Anonymous

If you changed the name of the song then thats the problem just simply change its name back to the original.

If thats not the problem then just delete the song or it will mess your sansa up and download it again for free with limewire

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