Zen Xtra 40gb very slow trans

hi all !!
I just get my zen xtra yesterday, i connected and after installing all software updates i copied 7gb of mp3 to the Audio Library, it was slow, but worst was when i turned off and on again and try to see on windows XP explorer what i written to it. It was almost 2 minutes to load !!!!
My pc is P4 3GHZ, gb RAM and a INTEL D865PERL motherboard, of course USB 2.0
Can you help me ?
Thank you
Best regards
Sergio

Shauna Mahana,
Have you try running Cleanup function from the player Rescue mode? It might help with the file transfer.
Jason

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