cant start/connect to e270

[KRONie]

Ok, this is.. embarrassing
Last night I tried to install Windows 7 on my netbook, but didn't have a flash drive. So I thought I could use my Sansa e270 player instead thinking that it had separate drive for bootloader and firmware. Well, I was wrong and I formatted it completely, and removed all partitions, and formatted it as NTFS. So now, my device is unbootable. When i try to connect it to my win7 machine, all it will do is light up the blue ring, and give me driver installing error (Tango Digital Media Platform). I can't access my sandisk from usb. Is there any way to recover all partitions/bootloader/firmware on it?

[mc2739]

Try following the procedures on the SansaE200Unbrick wiki page.

[KRONie]

ok, i entered recovery mode, and loaded temporary bootloader, then i follow these instructions
    *  Copy the .mi4 file
    * Copy a bootloader .rom (or .btl in the case of the R series models) file which is compatible with your firmware file (see here)
    * Create a file named sansa.fmt on the device (not c200)
i restart disconnect the device, and screen shuts down and nothing happens.

oh wow, i had to press menu button before disconnecting..

Successfully recovered original firmware

Wow, i feel like a complete moron now. I read that 'how to unbrick' manual for over a bizillion times before.. In fact that was the first place i went to after realized my player is bricked, and didn't realize that my solution was there. and i even had linux installed already... wow. i guess i just needed a pointer to a right direction.

Thanks mc2739! It might not seem like it, but you have been a HUGE help.