Copying files from NW-A3000, back to pc!

[gjkendall]

I have had a nightmare, all my files on my computer in sonicstage have been deleted! (Which initially seemed like a good idea as I did not want 20 gigs sitting on my computer when it was in my mp3 player)

I want to reorder my playlists for the files that are on my NW-A3000, is there any way I can get the files from my player back onto my computer (and into Sonicstage)

I hope this can be done, otherwise I may well have to cry!

[markey]

Hi gjkendall, you won't be able to retrieve your files from your atrac device I'm afraid. I think there is an option in SS to scan your pc for atrac/mp3 files etc. You could try that to retrieve your files. Although if you have freed up 20 gigs worth of space I very much doubt if this will work.

[Weaves_]

How did you delete the the files? SS or Windows? Did you try opening up your recycling bin?

[JustAnUnCoolCat]

Yep, you sure can get the files off the player back to your PC.

On the A3000, simply use the search facility in Windows to search the drive instance that is the A3000 (it has a UMS existence too) and look for .OMA files.

Then, when the list is complete from the search, select all and copy to your P'C's HDD or other storage device/media.

Then the files as copied then be imported into SS.

This works (used it myself) for files that were not copy protected (aka you didn't copy protect when you made the files in SS).

I wrote a how-to on this, look for it under the Software section of the forum.

'Tom Kat'

[gjkendall]

Thankyou very much, I will try it out!