I have hundreds of music files on an external hard drive. I copied most from cds I own and a few from a p2p website (back before arrests were being made). I have never had the external drive turned on while connected to the internet until recently. When I did nearly all my music files became locked (will not copy nor play), error message says license not found. It further says that I must re-rip the cds if my computer is where the cd was originally ripped. That's many hours of work! Is there a way to go back to before I connected to the internet with the external drive turned on? What caused this? It is not only giving me this problem while I'm on-line and it is not only Windows Media Player but Creative Play Center as well (that's the only 2 programs I have for playing music files). Help, please. Any gurus out there know the answer?
male, 45, Louisiana
2006-07-02 09:03:39 · 2 answers · asked by swm_seeks_sf 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Try right-clicking on one of the file then go to properties and see if an option is there that says Unlock on the General Tab.
Also, try going into WMP then click Tools>>Manage Licenses>>Restore Now.
2006-07-02 09:11:14 · answer #1 · answered by unalloyedcube 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hm. the only thing i can think of is booting into safe mode (tapping F8 while restarting, then going to your operating system in safe mode). then right click on the external hard drive and go to properties. look for a tab which contains who's allowed to use the external hard drive. make sure all the tabs are checked, and try playing the music.
2006-07-02 16:07:24 · answer #2 · answered by Mike-Q 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋