Copy data from and to a Microsoft Zune

I do not own a Zune and will probably never own one but I know a few people who do own one, this article is for them. You can enable a hard drive mode in the Zune which is similar to the hard drive mode of the iPods. All you need to do is change some registry keys in windows which enables this.

Press Windows + R and enter regedit. Hit enter and go to the following registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ ControlSet001 \ Enum \ USB \ . Search for “PortableDeviceNameSpace” and change the following registry keys to enable hard drive mode:

• EnableLegacySupport to 1
• PortableDeviceNameSpaceExcludeFromShell to 0
• ShowInShell to 1

Plug in your Zune and make sure the Zune software starts. The Zune should now appear in My Computer

source: Phaleux