Sandisk Sansa e260 Problem Solved/Big Thanks to lxskllr

[Laputa]

lxskllr's method below works if you are running into the same situation. Big thanks to all of you contributing to this post!

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I need to get this to work as a drive instead of a device so I can create an image of it to look at something else. I have Win98SE, 2000, XP, and Vista machines and so far the XP and Vista does not help much. So long as I can get it to be recognized as a drive, I'm cool with what I will do with it. The unit only shows up as a device which I can see all the folders, but I will need it as a drive. Tried Vista and XP and they are both showing as a device unit, but I need it as a drive so I can do a sector image of the flash memory. Any tips will be greatly appreciated!

 

[mpilchfamily]

You'll likely need a hack to get around the MP3 player from reporting to windows that its an MP3 player.

 

[Laputa]

Thanks, I would like to hear other opinions first cause doing so may be a one way trip and I need to look at something that had been deleted. So long as I can get a clean image of it, I can do the rest of my work. Any other suggestions?

 

[lxskllr]

I'll look at mine later(it's in the car), but there should be a setting in the player that changes the way it shows itself to the O/S. Slim details I know, but maybe that'll point you in the right direction.

Edit:
You want to put the Sansa in MSC mode. See this page for a how to...

http://www.sansacommunity.com/...ansa-View-in-MSC-mode/

 

[Laputa]

Wow! Thanks! I'm going to give this a shot!

 

[Laputa]

Great! It works and I'm imaging the unit now. If I find what I need, I owe you a big one!