Okay, I'll give it a shot while I wait for the new drive to arrive. It means losing my EQ settings, but I can write those down.

If I recall, what I lose by zeroing the whole partition is:

- EQ settings
- Play counts, track overviews, and other per-track statistics
- The current running order/playlist (this is the thing that's not getting saved properly so it's already gone)

Anything else?