Problems w/ Zen Touch. Please He

Okay everybody, i've got a strange problem that is beyond me.
I recently plugged my 40GB Zen Touch into a friend's computer, and for some reason nearly half of the artist folders appeared empty when browsed them through windows explorer. Now when I try to browse the device's music folders on my own computer, I encounter the same problem. I have firmware 2..0_0.00.0 installed on the Zen, and it doesn't seem to make a difference if I look at the device through Windows XP or Vista explorer, nor do the files appear when I open the device with Creative Media Organizer 5. The funny thing is that I know the files are still there, cause there's the same amount of memory left and I can play them on the device just fine. The file folders are also still there, but according to my computer there's nothing inside many of them. I couldn't recognize any pattern to why some files appear and others don't, as I have a mix of ripped Cd's, internet downloads, and music i've taken from other computers. Some files are WMA and others are MP3. I don't know if this makes any difference, but my friend's computer had Itunes on it - is it possible that it some how infiltrated my device and made the tracks w/out copy right privlidges unreadable Or did the file directory somehow get corrupted I'm truly at a loss.
I just got a new computer and would like to backup my music collection on it, but nearly half of it seems to have disappeared into the ether!
Please help me!
ThanksMessage Edited by mattisb on 2-05-2007:30 PM

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