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January 1, 2009 8:33 AM

Zune fix appears to have worked, Happy New Year!

Posted by Benjamin J. Romano

Comments on this post at the official Zune Insider blog indicate that the 30-gigabyte Zunes that failed on Dec. 31 have come back to life today. One person wrote:

"Woke up this morning, plugged in my Zune, waited 5-6 minutes to get a charge. It booted, all my content is there, I watched a movie and life is back to normal. Happy New Year!"

Instructions for reviving a frozen Zune are here. Anyone else still experiencing problems?

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"Zune fix appears to have worked" As far as I know, there is no fix yet. However, MS has three years plus about 364 days to release a... Posted on January 1, 2009 at 1:19 PM by Terrance. Jump to comment

Our family has bought 5 ipods and they have all worked just fine. Microsoft should stick to improving windows rather than attempting to compete... Posted on January 1, 2009 at 6:55 PM by Mr. W. Jump to comment

It appears that leap year is the problem. My buck is that Microsoft will try to patch Geogrian calendars as the Zune is perfect as is. ;) Posted on January 2, 2009 at 4:06 PM by GoRentonGo. Jump to comment

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