Problem with my mp3 player + laptop connection

[Sickboy]

I have Philips Gogear Ariaz mp3 player and earlier when I connected it to my laptop, I was able to play the files in Winamp, Spotify, etc. But now out of nowhere it won't allow me do it anymore. I try to import the songs, but Spotify doesn't recognize my player and Winamp won't let play the songs without copying them to the laptop first.

What I noticed from "my computer" was that earlier the player was always in F drive, but now the player suddenly has it's own seperate icon.

Has anyone had similar problems and knows what I can do to play the files in spotify & winamp again? It's really a big issue for me because all my music is in the mp3 player and now I can't listen to them anymore (well not with the computer, I can still listen to them by using the player itself). So any ideas how to fix this problem?

[Sickboy]

Well does anyone know if I can "force" the mp3 player to be read by the F drive and not allow it to be read as its own system (or whatever the correct word would be), so it would not create it's own icon?

[Xero]

Did you update the firmware of the player between now and then? Or maybe did a Windows Update?

I don't know, sounds like something changed with how it's detected.

[Triple A]

Try this: http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/faqview?view=aa12_view_full.html&dct=QAC&refnr=0079184&slg=AEN&scy=US&ctn=SA2ARA16K/17

Please try the supplied software, Philips Songbird:
Install the software and run it with your player connected to your PC. You can download it under Software & Drivers section in our support website.
Click the Tool menu in the Philips Songbird and select "Repair my Philips GoGear", then follow the instructions to perform the repair process.

[Sickboy]

Try this: http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/faqview?view=aa12_view_full.html&dct=QAC&refnr=0079184&slg=AEN&scy=US&ctn=SA2ARA16K/17

Please try the supplied software, Philips Songbird:
Install the software and run it with your player connected to your PC. You can download it under Software & Drivers section in our support website.
Click the Tool menu in the Philips Songbird and select "Repair my Philips GoGear", then follow the instructions to perform the repair process.

If I understood the instructions correctly, this "NOTE: Contents will be removed by using the repair function." means my songs will be deleted from the player?

and to Xero's question, yes I updated my windows xp and some media players, but not the mp3 player

[Triple A]

I guess so. If you can't use it, it's useless anyway though. Don't have the songs backed up on your computer?

[Sickboy]

The player works, but I just can't play the songs with the laptop anymore.

I have the songs in my desktop computer, but not in the laptop. And I'm in Spain for 4 more weeks, so I can't access my computer. And I don't have really have any space left on my laptop (70gb) because of all the movies and porn I have... of course I could get rid off my 15gb of porn... but it's so difficult... Stoya, Eva Angelina, Lisa Ann,etc... A big decision...