Zen Micro:transfer file er

I finally got to exchanging my micro due to the problems with the headphone jack and when I plug the new micro into my computer to transfer tracks I had on the previous micro the message "Unable to read file, file may be in use, corrupted or lost" has popped up for almost every single track. At first I thought it was just for the songs I had downloaded off the internet but then the tracks which I had burned off cd's showed the same message. Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

Do you have the same firmware on the new ZM as on the old one?
That could cause such a problem, theoretically.
Cheers,
Jan.

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micromouse wrote:
JennyZ, have you:
<FONT face=Helv size=2> - Download and install the latest Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer 3.30.2 from your product download site.
- (Depending on your firmware)
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Qoute "P.S. All this has been tried on both WinME and XP"
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Message Edited by frankieboy on 0-0-2005 09:04 AM

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