Why is Zen Xtra always Rebuilding Music Library??

Help! It seems every other time I turn my Zen Xtra on, it goes through a "Rebuilding Music Library" sequency. Anyone else have this problem or know what might be the cause? Thanks.

My 60gb keeps doing it - I belei've it started happening around the time I bought a laptop and instaleld the latest creative drivers donwloads on it - could this be the case? I have heard rumours on other forums about firmware faults similar to this. Creative, can YOU please respond.....

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