Help! I downloaded 3 songs onto my sansa (12 MB) and it said I had no more space. This didn't surprise me because I know I had over 200 songs on it already. So when I went to delete a few to make space it said I had no songs on it except the 3 i just downloaded...(WTF!!! When did my songs get deleted!? I was just listenin to it!) But I still have NO space for songs even though I only have the 3 songs. So I unhooked my sansa from my laptop to check if there were any songs...There were only the 3 I downloaded...But it's sayin all 953 MB are taken up...? How do I fix this??

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1.Save all songs into your computer.
2.Format the device
3.Update new firmware at http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/
You should do all 3 step.
Then, resync your songs.
Good luck

format the mp3 player.

Format the player and use Windows Media Player 10 or higher to sync the player.

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First of all, may I ask if you have a mini disc player or a Sansa Clip? Because the Sansa Clip does not play discs of any kind.

If you do indeed have a Sansa Clip you will find the FAQ rather helpful here - http://www.sansa.com/support/sansa_clip/faqs
Question 9 there is regarding devices not recognized by the PC and the solutions are as follows:
The most common reason for this problem is not having the latest Windows Media Player installed, or having a Windows OS version that is not supported by the Sansa player.
The Sansa players support Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista and above. If your operating system version is supported by the Sansa player:
SOLUTION 1 – Download and install the latest Windows Media Player

SOLUTION 2 – If that didn’t help, and you are running Windows Vista, apply the following hotfix - KB940199
SOLUTION 3 – If that didn’t help, download and Install the MTP Porting Kit (click here)
SOLUTION 4 – If that didn’t help, try connecting the device to the PC using MSC mode

Clip: Go to Settings > USB mode & choose MSC

If none of the solutions work for you, please post the results of your attempts and we can go from there.

Delete some files to get room for your new songs

mormontazzy, plug in your sansa e200 then go to "my computer" on your computer find an icon that says sansa e 200(it might say sansa e250) click on it and go to a file that appears that says media then click on the songs file after that get all of your songs from itunes and drop them into this file if tat doesn't work then take all of your songs from itunes and dropping them into widows media player

I resolved this issue.
With some determination:
Turn the device all
Remove the battery
Reinstall the battery
Turn the device on
Go to the Settings
Reset all the Settings
Then Format the settings
Connect the Device to the Computer
Go through the hardware installation
Device should be showing entire GB of space.

I just had this problem and I sync'd it with my windows media player 10 and formated it and delted all the corrupted songs and freed up the space. Just format and redownload all the songs you want :)

Most of the specifications for WMA is based on 64 KPS sample rate and average 4 minutes per song. This is purely marketing garbage as I don't know of many people who listen to 64kps MP3s or WMA's. WMA's you download from Napster, rip from CD, or get from a subscription services are typically 192 KPS which is three times as large. Lowering your sample rate can make your music files smaller, but at a loss of audio quality. The lower the sample rate, the more compression fragments you will have. So it's a trade off between quality vs. quantity.