Did this happen to all of us on December 30 2008 or did some of yours die a couple days ago?
I am having the same exact problem. It JUST happened to me... I guess technically it is now December 31, but close enough, right? I wonder if Microsoft tech support is open right now...
I think I'll try to call them, and if I can't get through, I'll just let the Zune sit and wait for the battery to die. I was hoping to be able to use my zune right now, but I guess that's not possible...
I'll either edit my post or reply back after the call to M$.
EDIT:
Well, it seems they are not open at 1:00 AM.
But I did find here that, since none of the button combinations are working, the next step is to let the Zune sit until it runs out of battery. Hopefully a call to Microsoft in the morning will get things going a bit faster.
Last edited by Crazed_by_Penguins; 12-31-2008 at 01:21 AM.
strange i just joined up here because my zune froze and it looks like everyone is having the same problem. Strange mine wasn't even hooked up how did this happen?
i went to the zune support site and the link for this problem goes to a dead web page kind of convent on their part eh. First my xbox this week and now my zune
this happened to me a little while ago too. finally go on the comp to find an answer and see this lol. same thing is happening hard drive moving but no response, im going to just wait till it dies then charge and see.
O and idk if anyone else had this problem but i went to go listen to my music at on my comp using the software and that completely dumped everything. all my music, videos, pics, and podcasts were dumped off and it deleted my device. luckly i hav all my music on an external harddrive but now i need to load all 3000 songs back on
Wait a minute- the software deleted all your content??!!!!!
Was your Zune plugged into the computer or not?!!
Now THAT would be a big deal!
I do not have an external hardrive- all of my music is on a 500GB secondary internal drive, which does not have the OS on it.
OMFG this JUST happened to me... and now im PISSED! OMG ive never had problems with my Zune and ive had it over a year and a half... ALL MY MUSIC is on this.... UGH!!!!!
I just found this forum while searching for a fix for this exact same problem.
This just happened to my Zune 30 about an hour ago, the song I was listening finished, and it appeared to just turn itself off, but I couldn't turn it on. I thought the battery was dead, so I plugged it into my car charger, did the down+back combo, and that brought up the loading screen, but once the loading bar reached the end, it just stayed there, and it's been that way ever since. I've tried all the reset combinations, and just like you guys i've had no luck. Worse yet, I can't use my backup MP3 player because I'm stuck in LA at my parents place through the weekend, and don't have my full music library on my laptop.... Lame
Is this y2k for the Zunes?