Problem with MP3 player

[SaintAleia]

I can put songs on my MP3 player up until it is about a third full. Anything I try to put on there after that brings an error message: "Error 0x80070052: The directory or file cannot be created" and I can't fill it up anymore!! Why? What is going on? How can I fix it? I have tried formatting it, using different files etc... can't think of anything else to do.
TIA!

[ACtheTROLL]

by any chance is the player one of these two models?

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/fantasticbid008

if so ... sorry to say - you've been had ....
there are lots of reports
http://discussions-neighborhoods.ebay.com/topi c/Mp3-Players-Discussions/4gb-Mp3-Player/13000 04843

about this type of player shows as 4Gb ... actually is 1Gb including the firmware

[SaintAleia]

Nope, it's a Zen Stone Plus. I had a very similar one before this which I think may have been showing me the same error message, but when I transferred files to it and tried to play them it said 'no music' despite the fact that there were loads on there! To be fair though I had it for donkey's years and it had been put back together many a time after I accidentally crushed it! This one does play the music I can put on it though. I am now wondering if it's something to do with my new laptop? Same files and same method of file transfer though.

[ACtheTROLL]

you could probably do worse than reformat it
it's flash memory ... so treat it like any other disc - the older the more likely to collect rubbish.

if musused and abused ... possibly a track has been broken ... but that shouldn't matter too much.
format it as fat and you shouldn't have a problem

if you have problems download this
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php? f=197

[SaintAleia]

I already mentioned I have reformatted it... and it is a brand new player so I would've thought it wouldn't need that anyway!

[ACtheTROLL]

oops .... wife says I never listen (you were talking about the old one).

a flash disc is like any other type of disk
and on reading the following it rang a few bells ... I've not used fat16 for ages now .... there is a maximum of 128 items allowed in the root - where are you putting the files?

http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/0 9/how-to-fix-error-0x80070052-on-usb-flash-dri ves/

[SaintAleia]

For some reason that website wouldn't load for me but I put the error message into Google (something I could've tried earlier - duh!) and found out how to fix it!!

Problem was that my player came pre-loaded with a load of rubbish music so I formatted it (which seemed like a good idea anyway) to get rid of it all but when I did this the root folder got deleted. I was transerring all my files to the actual player without a root file, and of course it can only hold so much without one. So created a subfolder, put all the music in there, and presto! It works!

Thanks for your help :)