what do i do?

blackpanther, Try opening regedit and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet and expand the tree. Right click on Control and select New>Key and name the key StorageDevicePolicies. Right click on the newly created StorageDevicePolicies key and select DWORD and name the value WriteProtect and leave it with a value of 0. Reboot your PC.

Or copy this to notepad

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000000

Save and rename the file WriteProtect.reg and double click the file and select yes and the key will be entered into your registry. Reboot

nope, i tried the notepad thing but it still didn't work. id like to try the first one but i don't know where or how to ope a Regedit.

Edit:

oh, and i followed the steps on reviving dead mp3's. i got to the part where i upgrade the Mp3 tool and what not. then that's it. i tried to format it (Removable Disk E but it just asks me to format it. i did what it told me but it says "the disk is write protected."..

blackpanther, To open regedit press Win+R on your keyboard to open the run command and type regedit then press ok.
Is the Player working or dead?

it's dead. unfortunately

i'm screwed....aren't i?

blackpanther, Not yet I left you a download with the reg files Waimea suggested HERE

Is the player showing up in Windows? If so try reboot windows into safe mode (press F8 while your PC is booting) and try formating the player.

i think its safe now to say im SCREWED! T-T...

-i did what you told me yet it still says its write protected. well, thanks for the help T-T....

I don't know write protection? I re-edit the registry in my WinXP-Pro. Not solución the problem.

mareregu, Try these steps:
http://www.mympxplayer.org/1-vt2191.html?postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0