![]() ![]() Paste the copy of the database (the *.wmdb file) to another location for safekeeping (e.g.Make a copy of the *.wmdb file (in Windows XP, this database is located here: C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player - this may be a hidden folder for you, so make sure you turn off the setting to hide system and hidden folders).If you have the ‘delete files’ option turned on, as soon as you open WMP and it can’t find the files, it will start deleting them before your eyes! DO NOT open Windows Media Player (WMP) until you are told to in these steps.Here’s how to get a copy of the database and a text listing of everything in the database (but WITHOUT the metadata, unfortunately). Not so easy at first glance, though I was able to find a way after some Googling. While he had a backup from some months ago, he asked me if he could get a listing from his Windows Media Player (v11) of the albums he had added since the last backup. He lost a LOT of documents about musicians, songwriters, discographies, etc. His C: drive was fine, which meant we didn’t have to have a complete OS reinstall plus the agony of reinstalling all his apps. ![]() The old D: drive was irrecoverable (scratched on the inner circle of the platter and even the ‘almost 100% guarantee’ data recovery people couldn’t get the data off it). He got his computer back late last week, with a new hard drive. ![]() My husband’s data drive (D:) crashed a couple of weeks back. ![]()
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