Case of the Disappearing WMV Files

JBM425 · Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 1 Location: US & Canada

I've downloaded many .flv files and converted them to .wmv so I can play them via Windows Media Player. I have a Dell D600 laptop running XP and a new Acer desktop with Vista, and I've noticed on both computers that sometimes the WMV files magically disappear...and I don't mean from the Media Player playlist. They disappear off my computers, without winding up in my Recycle Bin! They're just plain gone! Now I'm afraid that I will have to backup the videos every time I add them for fear that I'll lose them.

Has anyone else encountered this? Could Media Player be "eating" these videos? Is this a DRM issue? I would think with DRM, the file would still be there but the video would just refuse to play.

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Case of the Disappearing WMV Files

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