Music disappearing possibility?

ravenator · 06-11-2008, 05:52 AM

My computer is just abuot to kick the bucket really, so I'm going to format it very soon. This would mean my music would all disappear from my computer. I've heard stories of music that was on your computer then disappearing from your zune. Is this the case?

When I do format, will I then lose my music from my zune when i go to reconnect it? Or can I get the music back off the zune and onto my computer?

I really don't want to have to back up all of my music, it would be oh so much effort.

Thanks

HipHopScribe · 06-11-2008, 06:10 AM

It's never a good idea to only have important files in one place, so it would be best to pick up an external hard drive and back up your music. With that said, it shouldn't be deleted from the Zune after you format, the new install of the software will pick it up as files loaded by another computer, so it will be protected from deletion during syncing. There's always a possibility of something going wrong though.

ravenator · 06-11-2008, 06:44 AM

Hmmm... well, lets just say I'm not exactly the richest of students :p, so I doubt I could afford a portable hard drive. Would I be able to do the registry trick/hack to make my zune a portable hard drive, and just take the music back off it through windows explorer to make sure?

How reliable is this trick/hack?

Hat Trick · 06-11-2008, 07:24 AM

You could just connect as a guest after formatting and reverse sync your music onto your newly formatted machine.

06-11-2008, 05:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
ravenator Jr. Zuner Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 40 Reputation: 11 $zB: 33 Donate	Music disappearing possibility? My computer is just abuot to kick the bucket really, so I'm going to format it very soon. This would mean my music would all disappear from my computer. I've heard stories of music that was on your computer then disappearing from your zune. Is this the case? When I do format, will I then lose my music from my zune when i go to reconnect it? Or can I get the music back off the zune and onto my computer? I really don't want to have to back up all of my music, it would be oh so much effort. Thanks

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06-11-2008, 06:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
HipHopScribe Jr. Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 357 Reputation: 41 $zB: 345 Donate	It's never a good idea to only have important files in one place, so it would be best to pick up an external hard drive and back up your music. With that said, it shouldn't be deleted from the Zune after you format, the new install of the software will pick it up as files loaded by another computer, so it will be protected from deletion during syncing. There's always a possibility of something going wrong though.

06-11-2008, 06:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
ravenator Jr. Zuner Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 40 Reputation: 11 $zB: 33 Donate	Hmmm... well, lets just say I'm not exactly the richest of students :p, so I doubt I could afford a portable hard drive. Would I be able to do the registry trick/hack to make my zune a portable hard drive, and just take the music back off it through windows explorer to make sure? How reliable is this trick/hack?

06-11-2008, 07:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
Hat Trick Jr. Zuner Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 44 Reputation: 10 $zB: 40 Donate	You could just connect as a guest after formatting and reverse sync your music onto your newly formatted machine.

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