3/4 drive m250 space is inaccessible

When I try to copy an MP3 file from my laptop on the M250, I get this error message:

Error copying file or folder
============================
(X) cannot copy [filneame]: cannot create the file directory.

Windows Explorer shows the space available as this m250:

Capacity: 1.90 GB
493 MB used space
Free space: 1.41 GB

I experimented by first deleting files from the m250 and then repeated the attempt to copy from my laptop to the m250 a file of about the same size as the one I had just removed from the m250.  This time the copy process went normally.  But when I tried to copy a second file, I again got the same error as before.

From that experience I concluded that, even if Windows Explorer shows 1.41 GB of free space on the m250, Windows Explorer copy function seems to find the m250 'disc' or 'full' with no more room for more files.

Any ideas on how to access this 1.41 GB of storage space 'ghost' on the m250?

Will be in Seattle
alias "Clueless."

P.S. I imagine that the first thought that happen to anyone reading this would be: "why bother with this one old player.»  Just throw it away and replace it with a current model. »

My answer is threeold:

First of all, I try to avoid adding to the ever-increasing the garbage avalanche, we send all our landfill sites, so I make an effort to repair faulty equipment and get as much use out of it as possible before discarding.

Secondly, I am an old disabled man, scraping social security that barely covers my monthly living expenses, so it is a major expense for me to shell out for a new MP3 player.

Third: I learned how to use this little player, and despite his many quirks boring, there are many like it.  For example, it uses AAA Rechargeable batteries, so that I can always carry a spare charged battery or two with me when I go out and if I don't ever worry about dying on me when I'm away a charger.

I decided to hold my breath and move forward and try to reformat my M230.

I found a game that is simple and easy to follow instructions on eHow:

How to format a Sansa M230

So I took a chance, hoping that I wouldn't end up doing worse.

And reformatting seemed to do the trick.  I copied a couple of MP3s on the the M230 and now appear in the Windows Explorer, as well as on the M230s small LCD screen.

If I mark this thread "Problem solved."

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