Some very important key combinations

[CameleonMK]

That's why I posted multiple ways. And these are NOT wrong, I have tried these myself. So you must have did something wrong dude. But the ones that definately worked were

Originally Posted by me

These only work on a zune4, zune8, and zune80

Press and hold the back + play buttons and it will delete everything on it.

Press and hold back + center + play buttons and it will delete everything on it, as well as the firmware.

Originally Posted by you

To reset everything including the firmware, you don't do anything like what that thing says. Infact, ALOT of guides online are wrong, they say the same thing your above paragraph is saying..After a while of searching, to hard reset everything, you press the

Back+Up button To reset

Immediately has the screen goes blank, press the Back+Left+Play/Pause Button

You just said what mine said to do but more elaborate. And on the pad sometimes the buttons get stuck so it could be center or left I suppose. Bottom line, there's always a way to make it work.

[ILLUZZION1031]

how long does it take to delete everything?
i did it and its taking forever.
oh and whats the firmware?

[Nathaniel]

THAT WAS SOOOO NEEDED

[CameleonMK]

Originally Posted by ILLUZZION1031

how long does it take to delete everything?
i did it and its taking forever.
oh and whats the firmware?

2.x

[chaostheory5]

Originally Posted by breakinbenjamin8

heres one for the 80gb,
This combo is Back Button + Left Button + Play Button Dose the same thing as the other one deletes everything including firmware

I can confirm that this combination works for mm zune80...and the others dont work for me

[ChriZ]

so, holding right, center and back is just like formating it? You can put the files back on it after, right?

[mincho]

yup,yup.