my laptop was stolen… 13 GB of music - GONE. anyway, got a new one and have recovered most of the music i have purchased…however, duh, my fuze won’t sync with my new WMP.
any tips?
also, my fuze was full of music… is there any way i can get the music OFF the fuze, and INTO my WMP?
okay, did it… but there are still songs missing. i have purchased a few more songs and when i try to sync them on (from WMP) it says they did not fit on device but yet i have room…
If all the music you purchased had DRM, I think there’s no way to recover it from the fuze, unless recovering it from the windows on your stolen laptop.
If you had non-DRM’d music, there’s still hope: WMP or Windows may not let you access your MTP files froma different computer, but you could try from another OS.
WMP will match your Fuze to what’s on your computer. If you have nothing on the computer, it will ERASE all the music on your Fuze.
DON’T SYNC.
Every Windows operating system since XP can handle WMP 10. If your laptop came with XP, it has WMP 9 and you can go to www.microsoft.com and upgrade to WMP 10. But after you install WMP 10, go into Tools and Synch and MAKE SURE AUTO-SYNC IS OFF before you even think about connecting the Fuze.
When you are absolutely sure Auto-Sync is off, put the Fuze in MTP mode (Settings/System Settings/USB Mode), connect the Fuze and see what you can see in My Computer on the Fuze.
tried to download WMP 10… no luck. “system is not compatible”.
i have replaced most of the stolen music… so my WMP has, at this point, about 6 GB in it… and when i tried to sync (before i found this site) nothing happened…
so, WMP won’t recognize my fuze because…why? (i’m sorry if i really sound like an ■■■■■)
Is your computer recognising the fuze at all? Try it in MSC mode. If your computer isn’t able to see it, it may be a problem of hardware or the fuze itself.
What is your operating system? Unless you are running Windows 98, 2000 or ME, Windows Media Player 10 should work on your system.
What version is Windows Media Player on your system now? Look in Help (just right-click Windows Media Player on the upper left if you don’t see Help) and About Windows Media Player to see the version.
Does Windows Media Player see the Fuze at all? Does the computer see the Fuze when you switch it to MSC mode?
i’m actually running WMP 11 - just call me stupid. sorry for THAT confusion - geez.
my laptop is an IBM thinkpad R series. yes, it is ancient.
and as far as “how” my other laptop was stolen…??? does that matter? :neutral_face:
and what is MSC mode? when i open WMP and then plug the fuze in, it does recognize it…but won’t let me put music on it… says “did not fit on this device” so i went directly in the fuze and deleted some songs…and that didn’t make a difference. before, my old WMP had record of every song that had been loaded on the fuze… and i could go and delete songs to make room that way… but not now.
Look in Settings/System Settings/USB Mode. You should see Auto Detect (don’t use that for now), MTP and MSC. MTP is controlled by Windows Media Player. MSC makes the Fuze act like a basic disc drive or thumb drive.
The Fuze sees all the songs in it. But your computer can only see music sent over by one USB mode at a time. If the songs were transferred in MTP, they should be visible in MTP. If the songs were transferred in MSC, they won’t be visible in MTP–only in MSC. Look for your songs in both modes.
Message Edited by Black-Rectangle on 11-12-2009 12:55 PM