SanDisk Sansa e200 datadase fail or memory bug need backup... Thanks

Switch to recovery mode! here:

copy and paste the following link into your web browser address bar, and then click Go or hit your Enter key. When prompted, choose the option to Save the file to your Desktop.


http://www.sandisk.com/Assets/File/Downloads/firmware/e200fw01.00.12.exe


Once you have downloaded the file, please follow these instructions.

1) Double click on My Computer so that you can see it on your screen.

2) Turn the player off.

3) On the top of the player is a Hold switch, move it to the right (toward the headphone jack) so you see Orange.

4) On the left hand side of the player is a Record button, press and hold it while connecting the player to the computer. Continue holding the Record button until you see a new icon under My Computer called 16MB FORMAT. Once you see that icon you may release the Record button.

5) Double click the file you downloaded earlier and run it. Follow all of the on-screen instructions, and when you get to the prompt where it asks you whether you would like to Format it, choose Yes. Once it is done, click Finish.

6) Disconnect the player and look at the screen. Several things will be displayed, and when you see Key Lock, System Shutdown, move the Hold switch on the top back to the left.

7) Turn the player on and watch the screen. If you see a Refresh Database Fail error, you will need to follow steps 1-7 again until you do not get the error. If it does not work the first time, it could take up to 3 times for it to work.

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Hihi i been talked to one nice guy named chris if you e200 modell don´t work and wont boot you only see a black screen and blue wheel and cant come into recovery mode then you will need a linux os you can get an live cd i think ubuntu is the most ppl use (the new ones to it) you can download one ubuntu live cd on: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download it´s legal and free !!

then do like this(on the ubuntu):
ready for some fun fixing your sansa?

There's four files you need to get, plus one you need to create. Copy and paste the following lines:
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mkdir ~/e200t
cd ~/e200t
wget http://daniel.haxx.se/sansa/e200tool/e200tool
wget http://daniel.haxx.se/sansa/e200tool/i2c-e260.bin
wget http://daniel.haxx.se/sansa/e200/BL_SD_boardSupportSD.rom
wget http://chrisjs.com/PP5022.mi4
touch sansa.fmt
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After everything finishes downloading, check the md5sum for each file:
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md5sum *
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That should return:

af26eb02fc3454f5264bb028107a2700 BL_SD_boardSupportSD.rom
d9f946067844e2a24fcbb6cfedb75057 PP5022.mi4
795cc4e75d38284a1460b840fc14967a e200tool
cecb257eeb64ceaae9cb20d9956a0bfc i2c-e260.bin
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e sansa.fmt

If any of those lines don't match, redownload the file and check the md5sum again.

Then, make the e200tool file executable, switch to root (if you aren't already; enter password if needed), put your Sansa into Manufacturing mode, and program the i2c:
Keep in mind - there seems to be a 15 second timeout for Manu mode, so if you get a -71 error, try again.
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chmod +x e200tool
sudo su
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(Put sansa in Manu mode)
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./e200tool init
./e200tool i2cprogram i2c-e260.bin
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Also, you can use that i2c file even if you don't have an e260 - they're all the same.

I don't have a working Linux computer at the moment, but I believe at this point you need to turn your Sansa off. Hold power for 15 seconds, then go back to Manu mode.
Next, recover the bootloader to get to recovery mode:
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./e200tool recover BL_SD_boardSupportSD.rom
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When the display turns on, hold the REC button. If you don't get into recovery mode, try again.
Once in Recovery mode, place
i2c-e260.bin, BL_SD_boardSupportSD.rom, PP5022.mi4, and sansa.fmt
on the recovery mode drive.

Disconnect the sansa, turn off hold, and it should (hopefully) work.

My e250 is kinda bricked, i cant restore, the only thing that works is the wheel cause the light´s on, and the screen is all black
does any knows how can i restore it on OSX?

Hey i cant do it either.
my email is [email protected]
please can somebody send me a email there because when i connected the first time this mp3 on my pc well it said something that if i wanna contineau the instalation or stop.and the computer recomended to stop the instalation.
so i stopped it.and now i dont see the icon anywhere.
when i check in my computer i dont see anything.
and i dont see the same message again.
so what should i do now?