here is a small tip
now the player is abck and running and you have the drivers installed
1. make a backup??
2 in the restore kit folder is a small file called "setup.rkw", copy this to the root of the player and leave it there
now, when, and yes, when, your player dies again, as my chap player does every few days all you need to do is plug the player in and windows will automatically see the hidden partition, just format it and copy over your saved files
this works for me, now when the player dies i do not need to run and tools, just plug in, format and copy .. 2 mins