Zen micro, space is

Hi
I have a little problem with my Zen micro.
Today i would put some music on my Zen, but it woulden't, because it told me that there wasn't more space, and i knew there was. There was about 4 gb space left, and then i tried to change the setting, so the Zen Micro worked as a "Removeble Harddri've", which i confirmed in "Extras".
And then i put a couple of gb's of different things in the removeble disk, and it didn't complain about the space.
How do i fix this problem? Can i change the space setting, so i can put tons of music in my music play-able disk, and not so much in my removable disk?
Please help me!

wchoppa wrote:
Actually, I have loaded about 2.5 GB of music. I've LOST about GB on my local hard dri've. Again, I made sure I only ripped to the Zen micro player, NOT the hard dri've itself. It sure seems that GB (while opting not to download to the machine) is excessi've. OS: Windows XPCreative Zen Micro, FW release .2.5, DR release .27.2HW: Dell Latitude
If I were you, I would format the player and then retransfer those files again. Of cos make sure that you are really transferring 2.5gb of files.

Similar Messages

  • If zen Micro had more space it would b the best mp3 player ev

    if the Zen Micro had more space... it would THE best mp3 player EVER... HANDS DOWN!... hint hint
    I want the Zen Touch...(my bday is tomorrow)...and I am getting the FM remote thingy too. I would have bought the Zen Micro but I have 20.4 gigs of music which I am compressing right now....5 gigs is too limiting. I would LOVE it if the Zen Micro had more space! Only then would I get rid of my Touch.....

    The Zen Micro uses a different type of storage to the Zen Touch, unfortunately at the moment the sizes of the storage media don't allow for something as small as the Micro to store 20GB. The Zen Touch uses a hard-dri've.
    Thanks for the comments though, I'll be sure to pass them on.
    Cat

  • Petition: Zen Micro Removable Disk memory space up to 5

    Hi happy owners of Zen Micro Player!
    First of all, I would like to congratulate Creative for their Zen Micro Player which is really great. But as usual, customers still want the best and try to get a product that really answers their needs. That's why I'm writting this petition to improve the Zen Micro Player options.
    I simply ask Creative to update a firmware in which it would be possible to set up the Removable Disk memory space up to maximum capacity that is 5Go instead of limiting it to 2Go!
    So follow me, sign my petition and ask for more, ask for more USB mass storage memory!!!
    Thank you very much!
    Hello from France to everybody!

    you mean Gb, Gigabits.
    And if you have firmware 2.00.2, connecting your player to any XP system will make it show up in "My Computer" as a removable device. You can browse it using explorer and drag&drop files as you wish. This means you can use up all of it's available space for files.
    But, I think you got a point. It will not be recognized on 9x systems, unless you enable the removable dri've option, and it would be nice to be able to use it as a removable HD if you needed it.
    Consider this your first signature.

  • Creative Zen Micro - No Space on Harddisk although deleting fi

    Hi,I've been using my Creative Zen Micro for months creating mp3-playlists with the program Creative Media Source. But suddenly the program tells me there's no space left on my player-harddisk so I cannot copy more files from my pc to the player. The funny thing is: When I'm deleting via the source-window of Creative Media Source, the shown playlists disappear as well on the source-window as on the player itself. BUT: the program still tells me there's no space on my player-harddisk! The program is realizing my deleting-actions by subtract the deleted playlist from the total playlist-amount. But doesn't subtract anything from the?byte-amount on my player-harddisk. So: how can I really delete files or playlists from my player and create space for new files?As I want to create a playlist for the soon birth of my daughter, I'd appreciate quick help from you!Thanks a lot to everyone!?

    There was a problem caused on at least some Sony laptops, caused by a clash with some Sony driver.
    If you're running Win XP, go to Control Panel > System (or hold down the Flag key + Pause/Break), Advanced, Startup and Recovery settings, disable Automatically Restart.
    Next time it bluescreens, what file is referred to?

  • Zen Micro memory space prob

    I have deleted all of the files I could possibly find on my Zen and it still says I only have 762MB of space out of 5839MB. I'm extremely frustrated, I've tried everything I can think of (which isn't much as it turns out), and I am most definitely not a technical person. Please help if anyone knows a possible solution.
    Thank You,Candace

    [url="http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=5535#M5535">Creati ve Zen Micro and Zen MicroPhoto Players[/url]
    . Make sure that battery is charged.
    2. Detach your player from your PC, and ensure that it is turned off.
    3. Remove the battery.
    4. Move and hold the Power button to the Power On position and re-insert the battery to the Zen Micro. Hold the Power button until the Recovery Mode appears.
    Scroll down to the bottom of the page in the [url="http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=5535#M5535">FAQ on accessing Recovery Mode[/url].

  • ZEN MICRO won't hold it's charge!!!!!!!!!!

    I have owned a 5GB Zen Micro for about 3 years. Up until about 4 months ago I had no problem with the unit holding it's charge for several hours. Now I can't get it to last for more than 0-5 minutes when using the FM radio. By that time the battery indicator shows hardly any charge left and then it does dead. Any [email protected]

    krw99 wrote:
    Thanks for the suggestions guys. I had considered the possibility that the battery may indeed be at the end of it's life. As it turned out I also googled the model and battery name, and came up with a Canadian site that had?them on ?sale and decided that with postage it would be just as cheap as getting it'sdirectly from?the US with higher postage costs and the exchange rate. I love this model so much I hope to keep using it for years to come provided I have no further more costly problems. Despite it's greater thickness compared to similiar models it is a very attracti've looking unit.
    The reason I chose?the Zen Micro?in the first place, as opposed to an iPod?was because I could replace the battery if need be, and also for it's FM radio capability. I?did have to have the chip that contains the earphone jack connections replaced last year, as many other owners have also had to do. But it was worth the $60 it cost me.
    Cheers,
    KRW99
    I had originally planned to buy an iPod back in '04, because everyone else had one, but after I saw? this video I decided to do some more research. I ended up with a 5 Gb Zen Micro in February '05 and wondered why anyone buys an iPod, when a far superior product was available from Creative.
    The original battery started? to go about a year and a half ago, so I popped a new one in and kept on enjoying it. I thought that I would finally have to say goodbye to my little friend when I accidentally dropped it onto a tile floor. The dreaded click/whirr...click/whirr...click/whirr... of a dead hard dri've.
    I read a few posts on the Say Goodbye to My Little Friend (Zen Micro)? thread and replaced the dead hard dri've with a SanDisk 8Gb? Ultra II Compact Flash card, using the instructions on? this page.
    I was so happy to see it boot up aain and once the firmware was loaded, I started filling it up with some of my favourite music. It's nice to have an extra 3 Gb of storage space too!?
    Notes about the iPod's Dirty Secret video can be found here.

  • Autoplay error. Please help- my(Zen Micro) software won't lo

    I have a 5GB Zen Micro and when I try to install my software I get the "Utility for Windows AutoPlay screen has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." message.
    I'm running XP and have updated Quicktime (that did the trick last time).
    Can anyone help? I'm sorry, I did try to go through the FAQ but I didn't see anything and I'm trying to feed my kid and pack for a trip.
    Thanks!
    Melly

    I don't think so but I can't check right now-- I'm on a different computer.
    I had the software installed and had to delete it to make space for something. Now I wish I'd never touched it!
    Melly

  • Zen Micro as a portable

    I'm trying to find more information on using the . I brought this with the intent of using it as both MP3 player and portable HD, and I heard from a friend that it isn't compatiable on a Mac as a portable HD. Is this true? I thought it would be like practically every other MP3 player, and act like a standard external harddri've when I plug it into a computer (PC or Mac) without installing any software... If I can't use this on a Mac, I'll be sorely disappointed, since I use Macs at uni'versity, and have a PC at home. Maybe I should have gone with an ipod mini instead. ~_~

    On my Zen Micro, the firmware version is .0.03e (French version). I didn't install the last version (2.00.2e with PlaysForSure) because it only works with Windows XP, and I have W2k at work and Wxp at home. So, I can't say more about that new version...
    One thing is sure: when you plug the Zen Micro in Removable disk mode, you can't see the music files installed on your Zen. In this mode, you only see a sort of "partition" which is completely different of the music partition. In fact, it's a working space you can use to transfer files from one computer to another. For example, if you can't install any software on your work computer, you can use the removable disk to transfer music files and when you are at home, copy these files on your hard disk and transfer them with Creative MediaSource software.
    Hope this helps!Alain

  • Zen Micro: how many are working proper

    I bought a Zen Micro for my daughter for Christmas and finally sent it back because it was having the docking problems. I have reguarly read the messages in this forum since then, waiting for an indication that the problem has been fixed. I have read many ideas of what is causing it, from USB ., USB 2.0, usb cables, full battery charge, etc., but no consistent solution. I have also read many posts in which people say most are not having any problem.
    So, my request is, if you have a Zen Micro, and you have had no problems at all, please post a message with when you bought yours, and the firmware and software you are using. Thanks a lot for your help. I'm just trying to figure out if it is worth it to take a chance again. I don't want an Ipod with $00 non-user replaceable batteries.

    Bought my dark blue Limited Edition in mid-December from Amazon.com. I first charged the unit before doing anything else and it hung up upon completion of that first charge. Removed and replaced the battery and have had no further hangs of any sort. I upgraded to .0.03 right away and am still there. I mostly load music by syncing with WMP 0 and even without the MTP support it works fine for me. I also use Notmad Explorer occassionally to manipulate playlists. It works fine too.
    My only problem is I cannot reliably use the touch pad. I'm always selecting the wrong thing or skipping over what I want. Since I love everything else about the ZM, I'm living with the touch pad. I have tried both low and high sensitivity settings and it seems to work slightly better at the high setting.
    I haven't actually timed my battery life, but I'm guessing I'm getting somewhere around 8-0 hours playing WMA at 96kbps with Smart Volume off and only occassional use of EQ. I usually disconnect the headphones when the unit is turned off, but I don't know if that changes anything. I try to run the battery quite low (no bars or low battery warning) before a full charge, but I do let it charge for a while sometimes while its connected to the USB port on the PC.
    Unlike some, I have been very pleased with the FM radio. I get good reception even at work in my ground floor office of a mostly metal building. That's with the stock earphones.
    I started out using USB ., but added USB 2.0 to my computer (Windows XP SP2) and had no trouble with either. I have not seen the problem some have reported about problems when the battery is fully charged.
    One last thing... I have 697 songs on my ZM, with about 2.8 GB of free space.
    Randy
    Message Edited by RMoore on <SPAN class=date_text>0-28-2005 <SPAN class=time_text>04:33 PM
    Message Edited by RMoore on 0-28-2005 04:34 PM

  • ZEN TOUCH or Zen Micro? Which is bett

    I'm interested in buying one or the other but am unsure which to purchase. I like the fact that Zen Micro has repeat, resume and random play as well as a stand and belt clip. I also like the fact that it has fm radio and comes in lots of colors. But I love the fact that Zen Touch has a larger storage capacity and is already compatible with WMP 0 without having to hopefully download additional software. Which has a better sound capacity? I have quite a bit of songs with a heavy bass from club songs as well as
    hip hop/r &b tracks. Also does either player play songs longer than 4 minutes? I have a couple of songs that are about 9 minutes long. I'm looking for one that is the most user friendly and will not be something I'll have to replace anytime soon because I've run out of space. Does anyone know if the the Zrn Touch will be coming out in various colors like the micro? Any insight into a good choice is greatly appreciated.

    Many things are taken into consideration between the touch and micro. Here are some.
    Touch
    - has more hard dri've space
    2- Has a dedicated volume button and has a mix of buttons and touchpad(lot of ppl like that)
    3- People seem to have a lot of prob with the touch software and touch does not offer EAX options
    4- The LCD light could use a fixing.
    Micro
    - Smaller HD than the touch (5 GB)
    2- Comes with a lot of features for its price. (FM, MIC, date and planner, removable disc mode, etc)
    3- Better looking and is more compact and smaller, fits almost newhere.
    4 - Software is better and is more reliable, plus removable battery.
    5 - 0 colors to choose from.
    6 - Comes with a few of accesories ( Belt clip, stand, pouch)
    Final - I have tried both the touch and micro for 2 months respecti'vely and the micro is better cause of its many features and creative really stepped up and fixed many problems that people were having with the touch so i suggest u go with the ZEN micro

  • Zen Micro is it worth

    Would anyone strongly suggest buying the zen touch. Is the touch good?

    it depend on what u want out of ur player i would recomend the zen micro couse its small and have big enough compacity for all music lovers.the thing about this the zen touch has 20gb but will u ever fill up with song i think its impossible trust me its hard,
    i have a 2o gb ipd g4 sold it couse too much space and its a little bulky.
    to be o honest wait a few months and get the zen micro photo in 6gb its amazing its like a minature version of the ipod photo
    just a few suggestions
    the zen micro or the micro photo is the way forward

  • Zen Micro Disk Size 5GB

    Hi,
    I just bought a Zen Micro mp3 player, 5GB. With Creative Mediasource I copied all my mp3 and WMA music to the Zen Micro. If I right-click in XP on my Music folder, Windows tells me the total size on disk is 2.9GB, 595 files.
    BUT, after 500 files I get a warning saying that the destination is Full ?? But the Zen Micro is 5GB !?!?
    How is this possible ? I checked some file sizes on the Zen Micro, and compared them with XP file sizes, but they are the same !?
    What is going on here ?
    Thanks
    Roger Luijten

    It also depends on what you have your bit rate at.
    for example, if it is set at wma 60kbps you will only be able to fit about 800 - 000 songs on it.
    the only way the zen micro can hold 2,500 songs on it is if you set the bit rate to wma at 64kb
    ps.
    I have all my songs set to wma 60kbps and i'm already takin up 40% of my hard dri've space: with 384 songs on it so far.

  • Media Player says zen micro is full when it isn

    HiI have a creative zen micro and am running media player ... everything works fine with one exception. Media Player says that?then zen has?5.7 gb which is fine but it shows that it is full which it isn't. This can be confirmed by unplugging it from the usb port and checking the memory under system info which confirms there is 5.8 gb with .6 gb free. The removable disk function is not turned on. What can I do to remedy this? Thanks Carl[url=mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] m[/url]

    Hi and welcome to  Discussions.
    Just remember, after you delete something you'll need to empty the trash to recover the space, and for the USB stick it will need to be attached whilst that recovery takes place.
    Message was rephrased by: roam

  • Zen micro problem please help..it seems to have wiped the libra

    I would really appreciate any help anyone could offer with this problem as I have no idea what to do and fear I may have lost all the music I've collected over the past few years as none of it is backed up on my computer...My zen was working fine yesterday but then all of a sudden it froze, I couldn't get anything on it to work so I removed the battery as I have done before, it went on to 'rebuilding library'?but after a few seconds said 'Select music to play from the library' and there was NOTHING on there. No songs, no artists, nothing. It still says the space is being used up and there is only a few MB left but it's saying there's no songs on it. I tried accessing them through the computer but that wouldn't work either. PLEASE does anyone have any suggestions?

    Maybe you could try running Disk Clean Up from the Recovery Mode
    Remove Zen Micro's back plate and battery
    Hold the On switch to On (fully to the left) and hold it there as you replace the battery
    Select Disk Clean Up and Yes from the menu, it's at the top of the list
    It will take a moment or 2 to complete Disk Clean Up, allow it to finish
    Once Disk Clean Up is complete, select Reboot at the bottom of the list
    You should see a Re-building Library notice once it reboots and hopefully your music will be accessible again
    Clean Up will re-set your Zen Micro to its factory default settings, so you will have to redo any special settings that you had
    Best of luck!
    /with today's huge hard dri'ves, why don't people back their music up :|
    I've got mine backed up on 2 different computers plus 2 external HDDs.

  • Zen Micro Complai

    After several weeks of comparing the Zen Micro and iPod mini I decided to buy a Zen Micro the other day. I can't say I've been terribly impressed though. I am considering returning it and getting the iPod mini, but I just wanted to see if there were any comments on the problems I'm having before I do so.
    First, the battery life seems to be far less than creative promises. After a full charge it only lasted 4-5 hours the other day. I like switching around a lot which probably uses more power with the micro dri've, but I was still disappointed to see the battery go so fast. Additionally I bought mine retail and it did not come with the wall plug adapter and can only be charged via the USA bus. And the online Zen Micro manual recommends to not fill the disk to capacity as it will drain the batter faster. So 5GB turns to 4.6 something of formatted space then turns into how much space you can use without using the battery too much?
    Second, I've been using the free 30-day Napster to go trial, which I have been happy with, but transferring the songs to the Zen Micro seems to take a painfully long time. Even though my laptop's USB ports are 2.0 it is not transferring anywhere near USB 2 speeds. Also I'm used to an MP3 player that connects to the computer as a removable storage device, allowing me to create my own folders and organize my music any way I'd like. I know both the iPod and the Zen Micro both use their own software to transfer and organize music, which I am not too happy with.
    Third, there is a several second lag between songs when you skip between tracks. I suppose this has to do with caching the file, but this isn't my first disc-based mp3 player and I've never had this problem before. Its not a huge deal, only a few second delay, but its really starting to annoy me.
    I guess I'm just not as impressed as I had hoped to be. I have been thinking about the iPod for a while and was impressed by it whenever I used one of my friends, but just decided to get the Zen Micro based on the larger disc size, more features and compatibility with subscription-based music services. But like I said I'm considering returning it in favor of an iPod. Any comments/reccomendations about these issues before I send my money to Apple?

    . Things you can do to save battery are covered in the FAQ Part post. Search on "battery".
    2. The subscription based services do a lot of license syncrhronisation which adds a massi've overhead to the file transfer time.
    3. Again, this seems to happen with music downloaded from subscription services. Presumably it's the player checking the license data. If this is a big issue for you drop support an e-mail with a complaint.
    The advantage the Micro has over the iPod at the very least is subscription based music. The iTunes Store doesn't have this. I'm not here to sell you a Micro (or an iPod), but there are other threads which cover the differences (have a look via the search function).
    Edit: Oops, a couple of others beat me to it, but I'll leave the reply as is Message Edited by SSR on 06-24-2005 04:6 PM

Maybe you are looking for