spontaineous zero byte file size for several mp3's

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I have a newer dell laptop with an 80 GB hard drive on which I had about 200
mp3's stored. Over a dozen of these mp3's have suddenly went from their
original file sizes to zero bytes file size. Some of them had been played
recently, others hadn't been played for quite some time. The disk is in
perfect shape according to spinrite and scandisk. I was wondering if anyone
else had noticed similar things happening on their systems? I should note
that the files were stored in the same folder, but the files that were
blanked out were spread throughout the folder, two of them (metallica songs)
were right next to each other. Thanks all!
 
humbll said:
I have a newer dell laptop with an 80 GB hard drive on which I had about 200
mp3's stored. Over a dozen of these mp3's have suddenly went from their
original file sizes to zero bytes file size. Some of them had been played
recently, others hadn't been played for quite some time. The disk is in
perfect shape according to spinrite and scandisk. I was wondering if anyone
else had noticed similar things happening on their systems? I should note
that the files were stored in the same folder, but the files that were
blanked out were spread throughout the folder, two of them (metallica songs)
were right next to each other. Thanks all!

What is the operating system? You mentioned scandisk, so is it Win98,
Win98SE, WinME?

It is very rare these days that file properties change; it was WinFWG3.1
that was the last OS (maybe Win95, but I never had it) that would
spontaneously screw up the file system.

If the OS is WinXP, then you should run chkdsk /r from a command prompt
to restore the file system.

Q
 
it is windows xp sp2, there is absolutly nothing wrong with either the disk
nor the file system. I just remembered this started happening right after i
installed the new windows media player 11, and i am pretty sure that is the
culprit. i am currently conducting tests to see if i can figure out exactly
what is going on..i will keep you updated.
I have a newer dell laptop with an 80 GB hard drive on which I had about 200
mp3's stored. Over a dozen of these mp3's have suddenly went from their
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blanked out were spread throughout the folder, two of them (metallica songs)
were right next to each other. Thanks all!

What is the operating system? You mentioned scandisk, so is it Win98,
Win98SE, WinME?

It is very rare these days that file properties change; it was WinFWG3.1
that was the last OS (maybe Win95, but I never had it) that would
spontaneously screw up the file system.

If the OS is WinXP, then you should run chkdsk /r from a command prompt
to restore the file system.

Q
 
humbll via HWKB.com said:
I have a newer dell laptop with an 80 GB hard drive on which I had about 200
mp3's stored. Over a dozen of these mp3's have suddenly went from their
original file sizes to zero bytes file size. Some of them had been played
recently, others hadn't been played for quite some time. The disk is in
perfect shape according to spinrite and scandisk. I was wondering if anyone
else had noticed similar things happening on their systems? I should note
that the files were stored in the same folder, but the files that were
blanked out were spread throughout the folder, two of them (metallica songs)
were right next to each other. Thanks all!

Twenty some years ago was the first time I noticed the similar, and few
more times later.

Thoese were good files, and if you wanna see more of them then just follow
the steps and you may be able to see some of them on your system (and if you
are using WinXP).

Go to folder below, and you should see some

C:\Documents and Settings\***Whatever It Is***\Local Settings\Temp
 
humbll said:
it is windows xp sp2, there is absolutly nothing wrong with either the disk
nor the file system. I just remembered this started happening right after i
installed the new windows media player 11, and i am pretty sure that is the
culprit. i am currently conducting tests to see if i can figure out exactly
what is going on..i will keep you updated.
I have a newer dell laptop with an 80 GB hard drive on which I had about 200
mp3's stored. Over a dozen of these mp3's have suddenly went from their
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
blanked out were spread throughout the folder, two of them (metallica songs)
were right next to each other. Thanks all!
What is the operating system? You mentioned scandisk, so is it Win98,
Win98SE, WinME?

It is very rare these days that file properties change; it was WinFWG3.1
that was the last OS (maybe Win95, but I never had it) that would
spontaneously screw up the file system.

If the OS is WinXP, then you should run chkdsk /r from a command prompt
to restore the file system.

Q

WMP11 has new Digital Rights Management 'features'. I'm wondering if it
manipulates file properties if there is no license extant for the clip?

Q
 
Quaoar said:
What is the operating system? You mentioned scandisk, so is it
Win98, Win98SE, WinME?

It is very rare these days that file properties change; it was
WinFWG3.1 that was the last OS (maybe Win95, but I never had it)
that would spontaneously screw up the file system.

If the OS is WinXP, then you should run chkdsk /r from a command
prompt to restore the file system.

If it's XP, read the EULA. It is possible that Microsoft has taken
advantage of their blanket permission to destroy anything on your
system of which they disapprove.
 
CBFalconer said:
If it's XP, read the EULA. It is possible that Microsoft has taken
advantage of their blanket permission to destroy anything on your
system of which they disapprove.

Mindlessly silly.
 
Jimbo said:
Mindlessly silly.

I agree. But nobody has every suggested that Microsoft has a
technical mind. It is well known that their objective is to
destroy anything non-Microsoft.
 
CBFalconer said:
I agree. But nobody has every suggested that Microsoft has a
technical mind. It is well known that their objective is to
destroy anything non-Microsoft.

Mindless conspiracy theory.
 
Mindless conspiracy theory.

If this were 10 years ago, maybe. Since we have the luxury
of hindsight, you'd be a bit foolish not to recognize it.
That is not an expectation the MP3 were corrupt, I'd sooner
blame some rogue RIAA virus.
 
kony said:
If this were 10 years ago, maybe.

Even more of a mindless conspiracy theory today.
Since we have the luxury of hindsight,
you'd be a bit foolish not to recognize it.

MS clearly isnt doing that with linux currently.
That is not an expectation the MP3 were corrupt,
I'd sooner blame some rogue RIAA virus.

Its more likely to just be a quirk of the WMP 11 that
only produces that result in some unusual situations.
Just another bug in other words.

Why would a virus bother to zero the length
of the files and not just delete the files ?
 
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