Can not delete audio files

I connect the player to my computer and I usually add and delete files in the internal storage space on my NS-8V24 Insignia MP3 player without any problem. But recently I noticed that a few files now show as a square file icon with no name. They still play ok but when I try to delete them I get a error message "The delete has failed. The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected." I know neither has happened as I can still transfer other files to the player and delete them but just not these files. How can I get these files deleted?

OK thanks, I was not sure if players are set up the same as a computer or not. If you reformat the main hd in a computer you lose the operating system even though you still have the bios and I did not want something like that to happen. :-) In any case I just looked at the player again and the files are gone now. I have not tried to delete them since I got the error messages but they are gone so it's no longer a problem. Thanks for your help.

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