Should I reformat my Micro

I have a Zen Micro and Napster-to-go. I use the Napster client to manage all the music on my zen, and it is setup to Auto-Sync so that everything I import or download to Napster ends up on the Zen.
So far so good.
However, my MP3/WMA and Napster files have all come from lots of different sources over the last few years (all legal) and I have found out that their ID3 tags are completely screwed up. Before I got the zen I didn't even know these tags existed, but on the Zen I have music listed in all kinds of crazy Artist/Album/Genre combinations.
So I have spent some time with MP3Tag (great program for this, BTW) and have corrected hundreds of messed up tags which will NOT sync to my micro unless I delete the song off it first.
So, I am thinking that I would use "Rescue Mode" and "Reformat" to delete everything and then let Napster reload the whole lot.
Is this wise? Will I lose my firmware update when doing this? Or does someone know of a better way to accomplish this?Message Edited by dustyporch on 05-3-2005 2:2 AM

That sounds like a good approach to me.
A format won't remove the firmware, just empty the player.

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Is it worth reformatting my iPod for my Mac? I think if I leave in PC format, my iPod will work on Mac AND PC, right?
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