5230 Ghost files in music library

I downloaded a lot of mp3 music from my PC and add them to the music library. Even though I removed all the mp3s from the phone, I can still find the songs from library? In reality those files are not any more in phone (also memory card is empty). How can I erase the ghost files?

Via mass storage mode? It should be fine. I do that all the time. And I just refresh my library.
Could you run a disk check on your memory card?
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