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Zen Nano disconnecting difficulties


Question Posted Wednesday December 28 2005, 3:55 pm

So, I just got a Creative Zen Nano Plus for Christmas. It has a 1 GB harddrive, and it's pretty flippin' sweet, but I'm having some difficulties disconnecting it from my computer.

I've read the instructions that came with it for disconnecting the player. Of course, I know I could just yank the USB cable out, but it's not supposed to work like that, and it doesn't. I tried, sadly. I was supposed to have about 90 folders, and only 50 showed up.

The instruction booklet says that if you are a Windows 98 SE user, open Windows Explorer and right-click Removable Drive, then eject. I've done this a million gazillion times with no gain. It still does the same thing--only 50 or so folders show up.

"If I'm doing everything right and it's still not working," I thought, "maybe there's a corrupt file or virus that's causing it to do this." So I tried to run a sweep on the harddrive. Alas, my Spy Sweeper trial has expired.

So, my question is, what the hell am I doing wrong? Is it a corrupt file? A bad USB cable? Stupidity on my part?

And if it IS possibly a corrupt file, do you know of any programs other than Webroot's Spy Sweeper that I could download to use?

Anyone computer/mp3 player savvy is absolutely welcome to help me out. Good answers appreciated.

Thank you much in advance!


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AGEHA answered Thursday December 29 2005, 9:48 pm:
I would account the missing songs to bad ID3 tags. Some players require a name or artist or album in order to sort them, so if one of those fields is missing, the song may or may not show up in the player when you try to play the songs. Not sure if this is the case with the Zen Nano specifically, but I know it has been an issue for the Dell DJ.

If you want a new spyware searching program, I would recommend Adaware. And while you're at it, pick up AVG Free for a free, updating virus scanner.

www.lavasoft.com - Adaware

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FiGhTtOtHeDeAtH4 answered Wednesday December 28 2005, 9:29 pm:
Hmm..... You could try Adaware by Lavasoft. Goto www.lavasoft.com. It's free and it's not a trial. They have a free version and a version that costs. They both work just as well. You might have to search the site to find it. But most likey thats not the problem. It might be a bad USB cable but if it was most likely no folders would show up. Another solution if you might just be out of space on it. If it's only 1 gigabyte and you have about 50 folders full of songs then it might be full. When you enter it in the USB goto 'My computer' and there should be something that reads 'Removable Disk' it might say F or G or anything like that. I'm not a pro at Windows 98. I have 2000, and i work with XP a lot. But just goto the Removable disk and click it once. on the side it should say Free Space: ###. then under it it will say Total Space. if they both have the same number it's full. I hope i was of help.

Timothy
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