Got my Zen Vision M: to work but

Hey everyone,
I got the Zen Vision:M 30gb last Friday and after some trial-and-error I finally got the mp3 player to work. I have some questions and I'm hoping you guys can answer them.
When I first plugged in my mp3 player to my PC it wouldn't turn on (I didn't realize I had to wait a while to let it charge for a bit). Out of confusion, I hit the "reset" button a few times (which by the way didn't do anything, haha). Will this affect the performance of my Zen over time at all?
I also plugged and unplugged my Zen player several times because I was wondering why my computer wouldn't detect it. At one point, the device's screen finally turned on, but I still couldn't get my PC to detect it... so I once again unplugged and (re)plugged the cable. My main concern here is whether doing this will have any short or long-term detrimental effect on my battery? I hear this shouldn't be a problem on lithium(?) batteries, but I thought I'd just make sure here! Also, any tips you guys recommend on how to make best use out of my battery?
Finally, here's a noob question: can I copy/paste my songs to my mp3 player directly via Windows Explorer rather than using any kind of software?
Thanks for taking the time to read this! And I deeply apologize for my computer illiteracy!
-Fugui-Message Edited by fugui on -9-200603:00 AM

DL the "Super" video converter and use these settings. Convert your video to avi and use this
choose the following settings
Output container: AVI
Output Video Encoder: Xvid or DivX
Output Audio Codec: MP3
Video: no change (resolution
frame/sec 25
bitrate 768
options high quality/48k audio
Audio: Sampling Freq 4400, channels 2, Bitrate kbps 28

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