maybe I can offer another explanation??
I'm new to this whole Zune thing. I'm actually buying one on Friday (an 80 GB), but I bought one for my Fiance a 30 GB a while back and noticed the same problem. As soon as I delete a song from my library, it's automatically deleted from my Zune... a problem that annoyed the heck out of me. To be honest, up to this point, I was just using a Palm Pilot as my MP3 player and life was simple! I would just drag and drop or copy an MP3 that I had at the time onto the SD Card, plug it in to the Palm and presto! I had whatever music I wanted (along with any other files I wanted - files like ebooks, spreadsheets, etc.). My only problem with the current system is that I'm limited to the small capacities of SD Cards.
I understand what's been said about having a back-up for your important files and I agree whole-heartedly, but the issue I have (as has happened to me) is when my back-up crashes, I would like the Zune to have the capability to restore lost files as well. That's just my opinion, though.
Here's why I would like my Zune to retain files after they've been deleted from my computer. I travel a lot for my work. I cary a laptop with me. I hear a song and down load it, then send it to my MP3 device. I delete it from my machine (after I've backed up to an MP3 CD) because a) it's a company resource I'm not supposed to be using for this and b) I really do have limited space. I have a main computer I keep at my mom's house which has all my music stored on it, but I only get back there a couple times a month - if that. To add to the issue, since my mother is technologically impared, I have no internet at her place or wifi signal around which means the only time I can download is when I'm using my laptop. Like I said, so far this hasn't been an issue for myself, personally, considering I've used my SD cards, but the issue arrises when I sync my Fiance's Zune.
I love the Zune, though. That's why I'm buying one. I understand Microsoft or Zune created this function as a benefit and/or convenience, but sometimes the common dude just wants things a little more basic is all. After all, if I delete a file, I can always download it again at my leisure as opposed to necessity in order to maintain it on my Zune.
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