Don't touch the touch

Question

Earlier this week, i put my touch in my coat pocket, like I always do going to class, and walking from my room to the stairs, the music stopped, and when i pulled the player out of my pocket, it was showing the load screen.
It resumed playing from the same spot (/2 way through Jimmy Buffett's "Diamond as Big As the Ritz") when i first turned it on.
Thinking it was a random fluke, i put it back.
A few songs later it did the same thing. Reboot. Play from /2 way through "Diamond...".
The player has a few scoffs and scratches, i won't lie about that, but no major injuries. Is it possible that just from everyday use and those few bumps that i now have bad sectors on the hard dri've?
And like the Nomad JB I, does disk clean up fix that kind of stuff? I haven't had a real problem since i did the clean-up last night, but i haven't listened to those songs either.

Answer 1

harikari: Very hard to say whether you've done something that's damaged the player, or whether the player has developed a fault.
Disk cleanup doesn't fix all faults on the player, nor does it run some form of scandisk or defrag (both common myths). All it does is rebuild the file table, and reset the settings. It's worth a try though in case this relates to your issue.