Help My Sansa e260 is not showing the music that I put on there. I will use Windows Media Player and syncronize music onto it. When I look at the music I have on my sansa when it's hooked up, by going to my computer, it shows the music I just downloaded onto it. When I unplug it and try to listen to the newly downloaded music, though, nothing shows up. It's like the music wasn't ever downloaded onto it. It was working fine before, but recently it's been doing this. I've even tried using a different computer, but the same thing happens. Please help me. Much thanks if you can help!!!

For this issue, the reason why you're receiving this message is that some of the songs that are loaded on your Sansa is already corrupted and the only way you can resolve this is to format the MP3 player. This is a known issue with this particular player, specially if your combining the MTP mode and the MSC mode. MTP mode is your device will show as a Multimedia device under your computer and allows you syncronize your songs using Windows Media player . MSC (Mass Storage Class) mode lets you drag and drop songs directly to the player under windows explorer just like a flash drive.

IT MIGHT BE IN A HIDDEN FOLDER IN SANSA DRIVE.......JUST CHECK OUT THE OPTION "SHOW HIDDEN FOLDERS"TO RETRIEVE THOSE FILES

Try drag and drop from the music folder you have your music in.to the media folder on the sansa use windows explorer.........

I found this Page on the Sansa website this might solve your problem
http://www.sansa.com/support/sansa_view/faqs

When you turn on the player, select the music menu, and then scroll down until the playlists logo appears - select that and then your playlist name should be there.

If it still isn't there, then the songs that you tried to sync have some sort of licensing restriction on them that does not allow them to be synced to a portable device - wmp will show them as synced, but alas - they will never actually show up on the player.

Turn off the automatic sync option - change it to manual sync, and then you should be good to go. Change to manual sync first, and then reformat.

I would recommend that you update the firmware on the device..This problem you are having usually solve afer updating the firmware on the device....
I hope this helps...
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Computerrep

Try this: disconnect the player from the computer, hold in the volume + button, and reconnect the player to the computer while holding the volume + button in. Keep holding the volume + button for an additional 5-50 seconds. Windows should eventually go into recovery mode and revive the player- it will pop up a window that says Found New Hardware Wizard.
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Download the Sansa Recovery Tool from the Sansa website.
Format - Erases Everything: Connect your Sansa player to the computer and open Windows Media Player. Click on the Sync tab. Pull down the drop down menu underneath the Sync tab by moving your cursor over the Sync tab and left clicking on the little black arrow underneath the Sync tab. Highlight "Sansa 1GB" (wording may vary slightly), and then select "Format." - this should erase everything.
Firmware Upgrade- Erases Everything: Get the latest firmware upgrade from Sansa - it updates the firmware and erases every song in the player all at once. Note: this method doesn't work if already have the latest firmware. Go to this website and click "Firmware Updater" to find out: http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/DriverDownloads.aspx
or
http://www.sandisk.com/DriverDownload/driverList.asp
-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Check your manual or contact makers web site - there are many variations on types of players

Media converter is for videos, not for music