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Posted on Mar 15, 2009

My Sansa Fuze says not enough space for music DB, Free 90 MB

After charging my Sansa the second time, I try to turn it on and get no further than the msg "Not enough space for music DB, Free 90 MB" before it automatically turns itself off. We tried to reset it, and to download firmware or updates. It won't do either of those, it just gives the same msg. When we try to delete files using the PC, the music does not show up in the files. Can you help?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 21, 2008

SOURCE: Sansa C150 No Space for DB. Please free more than 4.0 MB

are you able to format the player while in msc mode?

right-click on it while in my computer and select the format option, make sure your selecting your mp3 as this will delete all the files off the device. It if says failed to format, try doing it thorugh disk management. To get there you can right-click on my computer and select manage from the drop down menu. From here you will see disk management on the left hand side. Then a larger rectangular box with the drive letter that represents your player, you can right click on this and select format.

Or just try a different computer, if its the same everywhere then youll probably have to end up emailing sandisk, stating everything you tried. They will probably ask you to do a couple more things, but if you keep at it, youll end up with an RMA*.

*RMA = Return Merchandice Authorization

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 27, 2010

SOURCE: sansa fuze 4GB memory is full

I had this same issue today. I actually followed someone else's post and used my computer to reformat it (right click on it in Windows Explorer, and choose Format). This worked. I just loaded it back up and am good to go. Good luck!

kakima

  • 102366 Answers
  • Posted on Jul 15, 2010

SOURCE: Everytime I turn on my sandisk fuze it says that

Having received no response in over a month, I assume this is no longer a problem.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 23, 2010

SOURCE: My Sansa Fuze 8 gb will briefly power up give a

Im Having the same problem with my sandisk player 8gb. It keeps saying , Free 90 mb and then powers off. HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kakima

  • 102366 Answers
  • Posted on Sep 15, 2010

SOURCE: My Sansa Fuze worked fine for a while.Now when I

Having received no response to my latest query in over two months, I assume this is no longer a problem.

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When i turn my sansa fuze on it says "not enough space for music db please free 90mb"and turns back off..how am i able to get it to wrk again?

Hello,

When the player is rearranging playlists of the music database, it is possible that there's not enough memory left in the player to finish the task.
Connect the player with your computer to delete some files, at least 90 MB, off the Fuze to make it work again.
When not having a backup of the songs, save them onto the computer first.

Here's the support site for Sandisk Sansa Fuze:
http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3249/session/L3NpZC93dDhKSlRaag%3D%3D/sno/0
Directly to the Sansa Fuze user manual:
http://mp3support.sandisk.com/sansa/UserManual/FUZE/fuze_userguide_en.pdf

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Getting a message that says "Not enough space for Music DB. Please free up 90 MB"

Plug the USB cable into your Fuze, but don't connect the other end to your PC yet.

Switch the HOLD switch on (Power button slider down). Press and hold the |<< button while at the same time plugging the USB cable.

You should see your Fuze show up in Windows Explorer (run "My Computer" and you should see it there). Right-click on your Fuze and select Format. Note that this will erase all media on your Fuze, you should have a backup of your media on your PC.

Once the Windows Format is done, go to the Settings menu, then System Settings, then select Format. Select Yes to start formatting.
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try formatting it...90% of the times it will solve your problem.
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try a reset = Press and hold for 20 seconds the ON and PLAY (>||) buttons at the same time.
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What has happened is that when you connected the device to the computer if automatically downloaded everything on your media files thus filling up your MP3 player
You need to go in and delete the files you do not want. click the bottom part of the disk or dial and it will show a menu to delete FIRST,
you must let the battery run down(disconnect the cable and when the battery has discharged, you can plug it back in to recharge, then you can work with it to delete some of those files that are overloading you device This happened to me and this was the only way to unlock it when it locked up
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