How to Reformat an Mp3 Player

Clear it's memory and give it a fresh start

As a seller of mp3 players, there have been a lot of questions that came up while in the business.  One of which was “how do I reformat my mp3 player?”  So I wanted to give a little small tutorial on what to do if you may need to reformat your mp3 player.

The thing about these mp3 players is that they are probably the most easiest to reformat.  With just a few clicks you can completely wipe out everything on the memory.  So let’s get into it.

The simply steps to reformat your mp3 player:

• If you haven’t figured out how to hook it up to your computer, then simply take the USB cord that was given to you and plug it into your computer and then the other end to your mp3 player.

• Wait for the plug and play to take place; you’ll notice the “open folder” window pop up.  Close this window

• Go to your “My Computer” and you will notice an extra hard drive that will state drive F: G: or something in those letters and it will also say USB next to it.

• Right click with your mouse on that hard drive icon.  You will receive a list of options.  Click on the format option with a left mouse click.

• Next the reformat window will appear.  Select the scroll down of the capacity to the maximum option available.

• Next is the file system, you check what you’re Windows is running by go to “My computer” and clicking on your C: drive once.  At the side panel or the bottom, depending on which Windows you are running, it will display if you have a FAT, FAT32 or NTFS.

• Select whichever file system you are running.

• In the allocation unit size, I leave this to its default status.

• Next, you want to check the check box that says “Quick Format” and click start.  Once it has been completed you can close the window and you’re mp3 player will be cleaned and reformatted.

It’s not too technical but I thought I should create simple instructions for those who are having some trouble with reformatting their device.  Hope this helps.

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