Vanishing MP3 files!

[BasilRathbon]

I've recently discovered that several tracks I had on my MP3 player are no longer there so, thinking I must have accidentally deleted them, I hooked the player up to my PC and tried to find them on my PC's hard drive. Guess what - they'd vanished from there as well, and also on my other PC which I use as a...er..back up for my back ups.

 

Am I just getting forgetful in my old age, or do some mp3s have a weird form of copy protection whereby they delete themselves after a fixed period?

[Phanerothyme]

not to my knowledge basil.

 

it's possible you moved the files to your mp3player rather than copied them accross.

[BasilRathbon]

not to my knowledge basil.

 

it's possible you moved the files to your mp3player rather than copied them accross.

 

Possible yes, but the mp3 concerned are no longer in all 3 of the locations I originally stored them?

[Wodoish!!!]

Don't forget the name of the file (as it is viewed on your pc through windows explorer) is different to the track name as it appears on the mp3 / itunes screen.

 

It may be that you are looking for a track name on your computer, but all your files on your computer are showbn by their file name. (which may not be as you know the track)

[sixriver]

it could be a virus that has set the hiiden attribute on the MP3 files. Go into my computer, then go to Tools > Folder Options > view Tab. Select show hidden files and folders. then Apply. Then have a look in the locatons and see if you can see the files.

 

If that sorts it then run an Anti- virus to get the root cause of the problem

[sallonoroff]

I've heard that some of the onDemand TV show downloads (and similar) can be DRM'd to self-destruct... hadn't heard of MP3s doing it though.

 

Did you get them online, or rip from CD basil?

 

 

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