It took me forever to figure out how to put music on it. Now I put a whole bunch of music on it and then i turned it on and it said “Not enough space for music DB Free 90 MB”. So I deleted some music and it didn’t free up any space. So I deleted all the music and there is even less space… I figured if I could format it again maybe it would work but I can’t even turn it on to format it. If I had a PC I could reformat it on my computer, but I have a MAC. Please help…
Message Edited by sstrachan on 12-25-2008 08:02 PM
I’m working with a MAC too so I don’t know how to format it through my computer…
Sorry, no good news . . . there is an on-board FORMAT function on the Fuze, but since you’re getting the error message you can’t get to the point in the SETTINGS menu to activate it.
You need a Windows machine to format the device. DO NOT attempt to format it using your Mac. If you can use a work or friend’s machine, you can force MSC mode by sliding the power switch down (HOLD) and pressing & holding the center button down while plugging the cable (already connected to the computer) into the bottom of the player.
Next open a Windows Explorer pane by pressing the Windows key (between the Ctrl & Alt keys on your keyboard) and the ‘E’ key at the same time. Note that you may get a pop-up before this asking what you want Windows to do with this device that was just connected. If you do, select ‘View Files with Windows Explorer’. If it opens like this, you’ll need to go up one level where it shows the Fuze under Devices With Removable Storage.
Now right-click on the Fuze’s icon and select Format… from the context menu. It should come up as a FAT32 file system by default, but double-check it. And don’t select Quick Format. Click Apply or OK or whatever it needs to continue the formatting process. This will erase all content you’ve put onto your player giving you a clean slate to start over with and freeing up all your available memory.
Hope this helps. 
